Stroke in young adults: About 128 cases

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chraa, Mohamed ^a   Louhab, Nesrine ^a   Kissani, Najib ^a  

^a Mohamed VI Teaching Hospitals   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Prevention; Prognosis; Risk factors; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SYPHILIS; SYPHILITIC ARTHRITIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893141082     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2014.17.37.3226     Document Type: Article

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