Seasonal Variation of Stroke Incidence in Japan for 35631 Stroke Patients in the Japanese Standard Stroke Registry, 1998-2007

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-41

  Takizawa, Shunya ^a   Shibata, Takeo ^a   Takagi, Shigeharu ^a   Kobayashi, Shotai ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherothrombolic stroke; cardioembolic stroke; hemorrhagic stroke; lacunar stroke; seasonal variation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTUMN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, HYPERTENSIVE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871284602     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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