Traditional risk factors and ischemic stroke in young adults: The Baltimore-Washington cooperative young stroke study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 603-607

  Rohr, Jennifer ^b   Kittner, Steven ^a   Feeser, Barbara ^b   Hebel, J Richard ^b   Whyte, Marsha Gaye ^b   Weinstein, Alyse ^b   Kanarak, Norma ^b   Buchholz, David ^b   Earley, Christopher ^b   Johnson, Constance ^b   Macko, Richard ^b   Price, Thomas ^b   Sloan, Michael ^b   Stern, Barney ^b   Wityk, Robert ^b   Wozniak, Marcella ^b   Sherwin, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 8944234856     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550070041010     Document Type: Article

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