Risk factors, etiology, and outcome of first-ever ischemic stroke in young adults aged 15 to 45 - the Athens young stroke registry

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1358-1364

  Spengos, K ^a   Vemmos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Etiology; Greece; Ischemic stroke; Outcome; Risk factors; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957936798     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03065.x     Document Type: Article

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