Prevalence of stroke: A door-to-door survey in three sicilian municipalities

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 92-102

  Reggio, Arturo ^a   Rocca, Walter A ^b   Patti, Francesco ^a   Grigoletto, Francesco ^c   Meneghini, Francesca ^d   Morgante, Letterio ^e   Savettieri, Giovanni ^f   Salem, Giuseppe ^f   Cappello, Salvo ^a   Di Perri, Raoul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SMID Centre   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Fidia Advanced Biopolymers   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hemorrhagic stroke; Ischemic stroke; Sicily; Stroke; Stroke prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 9044250102     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109894     Document Type: Article

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