Ischemic Stroke Subtypes in Pakistan: The Aga Khan University Stroke Data Bank

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 584-588

  Syed, N A ^a   Khealani, B A ^a   Ali, S ^a   Hasan, A ^a   Akhtar, N ^a   Brohi, H ^a   Mozaffar, T ^a   Ahmed, N ^a   Hameed, A ^a   Baig, S M ^a   Wasay, M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9144219534     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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