Trends in one-year recurrent ischemic stroke among the elderly in the USA: 1994-2002

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 525-532

  Allen, Norrina B ^a,b   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Bracken, Michael B ^a   Goldstein, Larry B ^c   Howard, George ^d   Wang, Yun ^a   Lichtman, Judith H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Geographic pattern; Recurrent stroke; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957171446     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319028     Document Type: Article

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