Incidence and Risk Factors of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stroke: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study
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BACKGROUND To assess the prevalence of risk factors as determinants of intracranial atherosclerosis (IATH)-related stroke in a multi-ethnic community-based cohort. METHODS The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study included a population-based incidence study and a nested case-control study. Incident cases of first ischemic stroke were 1:2 when matched to community controls by age, sex, and race/ethn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cerebrovascular Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1421-9786,1015-9770
DOI: 10.1159/000219299