Triglycerides and Stroke Risk Prediction: Lessons from a Prospective Cohort Study in German Primary Care Patients
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1 Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Endocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany 3 Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany 4 Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany *Correspondence: [email protected]
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