Family History in Young Patients With Stroke [Brief Reports]

Conclusions— Although present in about a third of patients, a family history of stroke is not specifically related to stroke pathogenic subtypes in patients with young stroke. Young women with stroke more often report stroke in the maternal lineage. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00414583.

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Source: Stroke - June 22, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Thijs, V., Grittner, U., Dichgans, M., Enzinger, C., Fazekas, F., Giese, A.-K., Kessler, C., Kolodny, E., Kropp, P., Martus, P., Norrving, B., Ringelstein, E. B., Rothwell, P. M., Schmidt, R., Tanislav, C., Tatlisumak, T., von Sarnowski, B., Rolfs, A., on Tags: Clinical genetics, Acute Cerebral Infarction, Embolic stroke, Genetics of Stroke Brief Reports Source Type: research