Stroke in Saudi Arabia: A review of the recent literature

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Robert, Asirvatham Alwin ^a   Mohamed Zamzami, Marwan ^b  

^a Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL DIET; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LACUNAR STROKE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; STROKE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; STROKE;

EID: 84892896055     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2014.17.14.3015     Document Type: Review

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