Sex differences and hemoglobin levels in relation to stroke outcomes

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 719-724

  Kimberly, W Taylor ^a,b   Lima, Fabricio O ^a   O'Connor, Sydney ^a   Furie, Karen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876230646     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31828250ff     Document Type: Article

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