Gender Differences and Stroke Outcomes
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Racial and gender differences in stroke severity, outcomes, and treatment in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuroepidemiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0251-5350,1423-0208
DOI: 10.1159/000475451