Stroke in Young in India

Stroke in young has special significance in developing countries. This is so because some etiologies like cardioembolic infections are more common than in developed countries, and the affection of economically productive group adds further to the overall disease burden. The paper discusses the burde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tripathi, Manjari, Vibha, Deepti
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234342
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/368629
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Sumario:Stroke in young has special significance in developing countries. This is so because some etiologies like cardioembolic infections are more common than in developed countries, and the affection of economically productive group adds further to the overall disease burden. The paper discusses the burden of stroke in young and its implications in a developing country like India along with an approach to identifying different causes that are known to occur in this age group.

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