Sex-Differences In The Incidence Of Stroke: Should We Change Our Traditional Belief?

We have read with a great interest the recent article by Arboix et al. that was published in your prestigious journal addressing the sex differences in the epidemiology of stroke in a hospital of Spain[1]. The authors reported higher rate of stroke-related risk factors like diabetes and ischemic heart disease in men and hypertension in women with stroke.

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - February 5, 2015 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Zahra Sheikh, Alijan Ahmadi-Ahangar, Seyedeh Tahereh Taheri, Afshin Khani Source Type: research