Stroke Hospitalizations and Risk Factors

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-1-1

Stroke Hospitalizations and Risk Factors

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 1

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jan 2012

Abstract

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA determined rates of acute stroke hospitalization and the prevalence of stroke risk factors among children and young adults hospitalized for acute stroke, 1995-2008.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-1-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 2

Published on: Jan 1, 2012

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Stroke Risk Factors,

Sickle Cell Disease,

Ischemic Stroke

© 2012 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 1