Poststroke knowledge and symptom awareness: A global issue for secondary stroke prevention

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 572-581

  Ellis, Charles ^a   Barley, Jessica ^a,b   Grubaugh, Anouk ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Clinical Neurophysiology   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Stroke risk factors; Stroke survivors; Symptom awareness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFUSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; META ANALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPEECH DISORDER; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS;

AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84879771331     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351209     Document Type: Article

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