Acute Cerebrovascular Disease in the Young: The Stroke in Young Fabry Patients Study [Original Contributions]

Conclusions— Definite Fabry disease occurs in 0.5% and probable Fabry disease in further 0.4% of young stroke patients. Silent infarcts, white matter intensities, and classical risk factors were highly prevalent, emphasizing the need for new early preventive strategies. Clinical Trial Registration Information— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov.Unique identifier: NCT00414583

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Source: Stroke - January 18, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Rolfs, A., Fazekas, F., Grittner, U., Dichgans, M., Martus, P., Holzhausen, M., Bottcher, T., Heuschmann, P. U., Tatlisumak, T., Tanislav, C., Jungehulsing, G. J., Giese, A.-K., Putaala, J., Huber, R., Bodechtel, U., Lichy, C., Enzinger, C., Schmidt, R., Tags: Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage, Acute Cerebral Infarction, Acute Stroke Syndromes, Genetics of Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research