The effect of hemiplegia/hemiparesis, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension on hospital length of stay after stroke

Neurosciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-256

  Al Eithan, Muwafak H ^a   Amin, Muhammad ^a   Robert, Asirvatham A ^a  

^a Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 79959341965     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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