Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Three hundred and seventy-seven acute ischemic stroke and 106 transient ischemic attack patients were consecutively enrolled into this study. Demographic information and traditional risk factors were collected. Stroke subtypes were classified using the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria. Leukoaraiosis was graded from 0 to 3 according to the severity. Small vessel disease patients were further categorized into two subgroups of having or without confluent leukoaraiosis. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: In this group of Chinese patients studied, small vessel disease patients with confluent leukoaraiosis had the highest homocysteine levels.
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Authors | Yuetao Ma, Xingquan Zhao, Wei Zhang, Liping Liu, Yilong Wang, Ruile Fang, Yongjun Wang |
Journal | Neurological research
(Neurol Res)
Vol. 32
Issue 6
Pg. 636-41
(Jul 2010)
ISSN: 1743-1328 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 19660240
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Aged
- Analysis of Variance
- Brain Ischemia
(complications)
- China
(epidemiology, ethnology)
- Female
- Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay
(methods)
- Homocysteine
(blood)
- Humans
- Leukoaraiosis
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Stroke
(blood, classification, etiology)
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