Sex differences in risk factors, etiology, and short-term outcome of cerebral infarction in young patients

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 420-425

  Zhang, Bin ^a   Pu, ShuXiang ^a   Zhang, WeiZhi ^b   Yang, Ning ^a   Shen, Gang ^a   Yin, JianRui ^a   Yi, YongHong ^a   Gao, QingChun ^a   Gao, Cong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Sex; Short term outcome; Young

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958008195     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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