Baseline prescription and one-year persistence of secondary prevention drugs after an index stroke in Central Ghana
Background and purpose: There is a paucity of data on persistence of secondary prevention medications among stroke survivors in resource-limited settings where stroke is on a rapid upward trajectory and its management severely challenged. To avert new cardiovascular events after stroke, preventive m...
Main Authors: | Fred Stephen Sarfo, Bruce Ovbiagele, John Akassi, Gloria Kyem |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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Series: | eNeurologicalSci |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650216300478 |
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