Stroke mortality and its determinants in a resource-limited setting: A prospective cohort study in Yaounde, Cameroon

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 113-117

  Nkoke, Clovis ^a   Lekoubou, Alain ^b   Balti, Eric ^c   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^d,e  

^a Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Cameroon)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Case fatality rates; Prognostic study; Prospective cohort; Resource limited environments; Stroke; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAMEROON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STROKE;

AGED; CAMEROON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84946479933     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.033     Document Type: Article

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