Open AccessSTROKE; THE KILLER
Author(s) -
Taj Muhammad Khan,
Mumtaz Ali Marwat,
zazur Rehman.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of saidu medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1819-4583
DOI - 10.52206/jsmc.2011.1.1.1-2
Subject(s) - stroke (engine) , medicine , cause of death , infarction , myocardial infarction , disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Stroke is a clinical syndrome characterized byrapid onset of focal neurological signs that lasts formore than 24 hours or leads to death. Presumedvascular causes may be either infarction orhemorrhage. Stroke is the third most commoncause of death world wide and a major cause ofadult neurological disability.