Human Cytomegalovirus Increases the Risk of Future Hemorrhagic But Not Ischemic Stroke 　- A Nested Case-Control Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Seropositivity for HCMV DNA was positively associated with total and hemorrhagic but not ischemic stroke, which persisted after controlling for other cardiovascular factors.
PMID: 27499027 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - August 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Zheng L, Sun Z, Sun Z, Zhang X, Jing K, Li J, Hu D, Sun Y Tags: Circ J Source Type: research