Young women's stroke etiology differs from that in young men: An analysis of 511 patients

Neurology International

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 37-40

  Nakagawa, Emily ^a   Hoffmann, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Stroke; Young people

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CODING; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84884574319     PISSN: 20358385     EISSN: 20358377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ni.2013.e12     Document Type: Article

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