Higher ratio of ischemic stroke to hemorrhagic stroke in summer

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 423-429

  Shigematsu, K ^a   Watanabe, Y ^b   Nakano, H ^c  

^a National Hospital Organization Minami Kyoto Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Kidugawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic stroke; Ischemic stroke; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUMMER; WINTER; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84943359522     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12412     Document Type: Article

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