A new index to predict the incidence of cerebral infarction

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 783-784

  Hao, Chang Ning ^a   Huang, Zhen Hao ^a   Shi, Yi Qin ^a   Lu, Wei ^b   Duan, Jun Li ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 82355169116     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2011.00267.x     Document Type: Letter

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