The gender gap in stroke: A meta-analysis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-90

  Giralt, D ^a   Domingues Montanari, S ^a   Mendioroz, M ^a   Ortega, L ^a   Maisterra, O ^a   Perea Gainza, M ^a   Delgado, P ^a   Rosell, A ^a   Montaner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Ischemic stroke; Management; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUBLISHING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKE; STROKE;

EID: 84855955532     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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