Epidemiology of stroke in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The population-based stroke incidence register: 2. Incidence, initial clinical picture and medical care, and three-week case fatality.
The results of a prospective population study of stroke in Tilburg are reported. The average annual over-all incidence (per 100,000 population) for the period October 1, 1978-September 30, 1980 was 174 for total cases, 145 for first-ever cases. Males and older persons were at greater risk for a stroke. The vast majority of strokes were thrombo-embolic infarctions. Hemiplegia was the predominant neurological deficit resulting from an insult. Patients with speech problems, as opposed to those without, demonstrated more extreme motor deficit when such occurred. Seventy-four per cent of stroke cas... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1982 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Stroke ; volume 13, issue 5, page 629-634 ; ISSN 0039-2499 1524-4628 |
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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Schlagwörter: | Advanced and Specialized Nursing / Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine / Neurology (clinical) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26832374 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.str.13.5.629 |