Temporal trends in hospitalisation for stroke recurrence following incident hospitalisation for stroke in Scotland
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Temporal trends in hospitalisation for stroke recurrence following incident hospitalisation for stroke in Scotland
BACKGROUND There are few studies that have investigated temporal trends in risk of recurrent stroke. The aim of this study was to examine temporal trends in hospitalisation for stroke recurrence following incident hospitalisation for stroke in Scotland during 1986 to 2001. METHODS Unadjusted survival analysis of time to first event, hospitalisation for recurrent stroke or death, was undertake...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-23