Sex differences in risk fac tor distribution, severity, and outco me of isc hemic stroke

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Wiszniewska, Malgorzata ^a   Niewada, Maciej ^b   Czlonkowska, Anna ^b  

^a Specialist Hospital   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Risk factors; Sex factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84855169760     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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