Explaining poorer stroke outcomes in women: Women surviving 3 months have more severe strokes than men despite a lower 3-month case fatality

Gender Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-153

  Olsen, Tom Skyhoj ^a   Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic ^b   Andersen, Klaus Kaae ^c  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acute stroke; brain infarction; case fatality; outcome; sex

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCANDINAVIAN STROKE SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84862229517     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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