The Effect of Patient Attrition on Estimates of the Frequency of Dementia Following Stroke

David W. Desmond, Emilia Bagiella, Joan T. Moroney, Yaakov Stern
1998 Archives of Neurology  
Given that prevalence surveys may underestimate the magnitude of the association between an exposure and a disease with high morbidity or mortality, we investigated the effects of patient attrition on estimates of the frequency of dementia following ischemic stroke.
doi:10.1001/archneur.55.3.390 pmid:9520013 fatcat:nlnq3yp3x5gqpdnitbc26veuue