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...

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Main Authors: Fred Stephen Sarfo, Bruce Ovbiagele, John Akassi, Gloria Kyem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:eNeurologicalSci
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650216300478