Prognosis of ischaemic stroke is improving similarly in patients with type 2 diabetes as in nondiabetic patients in Finland

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-301

  Winell, Klas ^a   Pääkkönen, Rauni ^a   Pietilä, Arto ^a   Reunanen, Antti ^a   Niemi, Marja ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Stroke; Trends in incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; STROKE;

EID: 79960267208     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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