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8 Studies of risk factors for different aetiological subtypes of ischaemic
stroke should be population-based
U. Schulz, P.M. Rothwell, Stroke Prevention Research Unit, University
Department of Clinical Neurology, United Kingdom
9 Prevalence of the multiple modifiable risk factors for first ischemic
stroke
D.I. Hadjiev, P.P. Mineva, M.I. Vukov, Medical University, Sofia and Thracian
University, Bulgaria
10 What determines handicap after stroke? The North East Melbourne
Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)
J.W. Sturm, G.A. Donnan, H.M. Dewey, R.A.L. Macdonell, A.K. Gilligan,
A.G. Thrift, National Stroke Research Institute, Australia
11 Should intensive preventive treatment be continued indefinitely after
a transient ischaemic attack?
E. Flossmann, T.G. Clark, M.F. Murphy, P.M. Rothwell, Stroke Prevention
Research Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
12 Older stroke patients in Europe: the forgotten group?
A. Bhalla, R. Grieve, K. Tilling, A. Rudd, C. Wolfe, Public Health Department,
Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, United Kingdom
13 Area-based deprivation is associated with ischaemic stroke risk
factors and readmission due to any vascular event in the Greater
Glasgow Health Board (GGHB) area
S. Aslanyan, C.J. Weir, K.R. Lees, Division of Cardiovascular and Medical
Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
14 Worldwide comparison of age-standardised stroke incidence with
true age-adjusted stroke risk
P. Syme, A. Byrne, R. Chen, Borders General Hospital, University of Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
15 Not all stroke patients who present to hospital are admitted.
How do these cases differ from admitted cases? Results from
North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)
A.K. Gilligan, J.W. Sturm, H.M. Dewey, G.A. Donnan, R.A. Macdonell,
A.G. Thrift, National Stroke Research Institute, Australia
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