Racial and gender differences in stroke severity, outcomes, and treatment in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Boehme, Amelia K ^a,b   Siegler, James E ^c   Mullen, Michael T ^d   Albright, Karen C ^a,e,f   Lyerly, Michael J ^b   Monlezun, Dominique J ^c   Jones, Erica M ^c   Tanner, Rikki ^a   Gonzales, Nicole R ^g   Beasley, T Mark ^a   Grotta, James C ^g   Savitz, Sean I ^g   Martin Schild, Sheryl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; ethnic disparities; ischemic stroke; treatment disparities

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE STROKE; ETHNIC DISPARITIES; ISCHEMIC STROKE; TREATMENT DISPARITIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897478574     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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