title: Stroke: a global killer on the rise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Najib E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: El Tecle
authors.forename: Tarek Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: El Ahmadieh
authors.forename: Allan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Nanney
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McClendon
authors.forename: Bernard R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bendok
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*