A study of risk factors of stroke in patients admitted in Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 244-247

  Maskey, A ^a   Parajuli, M ^a   Kohli, S C ^a  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Haemorrhagic stroke; Ischaemic stroke; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84862290374     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v9i4.6337     Document Type: Article

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