Neck circumference, a bedside clinical feature related to mortality of acute ischemic stroke

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 559-564

  Medeiros, Camila Andrade Mendes ^a   de Bruin, Veralice Meireles Sales ^b   de Castro Silva, Claudia ^a   Araújo, Sonia Maria Holanda Almeida ^a   Chaves Junior, Cauby Maia ^a   de Bruin, Pedro Felipe Carvalhedo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UFC ^*

Author keywords

Mortality; Neck circumference; Sleep; Sleep apnea; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054751078     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302011000500015     Document Type: Article

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