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Sex differences in treatment and outcome after stroke: Pooled analysis including 19,000 participants.

Cheryl CarcelXia WangElse Charlotte SandsetCandice DelcourtHisatomi ArimaRichard I LindleyMaree L HackettPablo LavadosThompson G RobinsonPaula Muñoz VenturelliVerónica V OlavarríaAlejandro BrunserEivind BergeJohn ChalmersMark WoodwardCraig S Anderson
Published in: Neurology (2019)
This analysis suggests that women who had ischemic stroke had better survival but were also more disabled and had poorer quality of life. Variations in hospital and out-of-hospital management may partly explain the disparities.
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