The impact of body weight on mortality after stroke: The controversy continues

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 126-127

  Doehner, Wolfram ^a   Audebert, Heinrich J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REGISTRIES; STROKE;

EID: 84921025045     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.3631     Document Type: Letter

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