Case fatality of patients with stroke over a 12-month period post stroke

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 765-767

  Mudzi, W ^a   Stewart, A ^a   Musenge, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; SURVIVAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867471516     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.5742     Document Type: Article

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