Epidemiology of stroke in Italy

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-227

  Sacco, Simona ^a   Stracci, Fabrizio ^b   Cerone, Davide ^a   Ricci, Stefano ^c   Carolei, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Città di Castello Civil Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hemorrhagic stroke; Incidence; Ischemic stroke; Mortality; Population based study; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SICILY; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955757194     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00594.x     Document Type: Review

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