A population-based prospective 24-month study of stroke: Incidence and 30-day case-fatality rates of first-ever strokes in Croatia

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-171

  Pikija, Slaven ^a   Cvetko, Danijel ^a   Malojčić, Branko ^c   Trkanjec, Zlatko ^d   Pavliček, Ivan ^a   Lukić, Anita ^b   Kopjar, Andrina ^a   Hajduk, Martina ^f   Andrović, Alen ^a   Bilić Genter, Melita ^g   Trkulja, Vladimir ^e  

^a Varazdin General Hospital   (Croatia)

^b Vara din Emergency Unit   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^f Klenovnik Special Hospital   (Croatia)

^g Koprivnica General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Eastern Europe; Incidence; Neuroepidemiology; Population study; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CROATIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX RATIO; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84859115062     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336114     Document Type: Article

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