Gender differences in presenting signs and symptoms of acute ischemic stroke: A population-based study

Gender Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 312-319

  Jerath, Nivedita U ^a   Reddy, Chandan ^a   Freeman, W David ^b   Jerath, Aarti U ^c   Brown, Robert D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; population based study; signs; stroke; symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATAXIC APHASIA; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFUSION; CYANOSIS; DIAPHORESIS; DIPLOPIA; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FACE PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LEG PAIN; LETHARGY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECK PAIN; NYSTAGMUS; PARESTHESIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; TINNITUS; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ATAXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFUSION; DIPLOPIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PARESTHESIA; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 80053957898     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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