Are more young people having strokes? - A simple question with an uncertain answer

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 639-641

  Burke, James F ^a,b   Skolarus, Lesli E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Ann Arbor MI VA GRECC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDITORIAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 85020710194     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.0161     Document Type: Editorial

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