Protocol and methodology of the stroke in young fabry patients (sifap1) study: A prospective multicenter european study of 5,024 young stroke patients aged 18-55 years

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-262

  Rolfs, Arndt ^a   Martus, Peter ^b   Heuschmann, Peter U ^c   Grittner, Ulrike ^b   Holzhausen, Martin ^b   Tatlisumak, Turgut ^e   Böttcher, Tobias ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^b   Enzinger, Christian ^b,f   Ropele, Stefan ^b   Schmidt, Reinhold ^b   Riess, Olaf ^d   Norrving, Bo ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Department of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology ^*  (Austria)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fabry disease; Multicenter epidemiological study; Stroke, young patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EUROPE; FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650235882     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322153     Document Type: Article

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