Stroke in the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mn mathvariant="normal">2</mml:mn><mml:mn mathvariant="normal">1</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">s</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">t</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>Century: A Snapshot of the Burden, Epidemiology, and Quality of Life

S. Donkor, Eric

doi:10.1155/2018/3238165

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Stroke in the21stCentury: A Snapshot of the Burden, Epidemiology, and Quality of Life

Published in Stroke Research and Treatment • Nov 27, 2018

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Eric S. Donkor

Abstract

Stroke is ranked as the second leading cause of death worldwide with an annual mortality rate of about 5.5 million. Not only does the burden of stroke lie in the high mortality but the high morbidity also results in up to 50% of survivors being chronically disabled. Thus stroke is a disease of immen...

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Medicine

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