Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Cannabis-Related Stroke: Myth or Reality?”

Response to letter regarding article, “cannabis-related stroke: myth or reality?”.

Letter by Parakh regarding article, "cannabis-related stroke: myth or reality?".

Letter by Parakh Regarding Article, “Cannabis-Related Stroke: Myth or Reality?” To the Editor: The review by Wolff et al on cannabis-related stroke was an interesting read. The authors have discussed the available evidence on cannabis-related stroke in detail and have also looked at the proposed mechanisms of the same. However, a few questions remain unanswered. It would have been interesting t...

Cannabis-related stroke: myth or reality?

Received July 17, 2012; final revision received September 26, 2012; accepted September 27, 2012. From the Unité Neuro-Vasculaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, France (V.W.,V.L.,O.R.,M.B.,C.M.); Université de Strasbourg, EA 3072, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg Cedex, France (V.W.,O.R.,B.G.); and Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR-7237, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg...

Response to letter regarding article, "reducing sodium intake to prevent stroke: time for action, not hesitation".

Response to letter regarding article, "Neurological, functional, and cognitive stroke outcomes in Mexican Americans".

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Our objective was to compare neurological, functional, and cognitive stroke outcomes in Mexican Americans (MAs) and non-Hispanic whites using data from a population-based study. METHODS Ischemic strokes (2008-2012) were identified from the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) Project. Data were collected from patient or proxy interviews (conducted at base...