Gender and the functional outcome of elderly ischemic stroke patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 438-441

  Mizrahi, E H ^a,b   Waitzman, A ^a   Arad, M ^a,b   Adunsky, A ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Gender; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864927013     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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