Serum Levels of B-cell Lymphoma-2 Anti-Apoptotic Protein and Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction Mortality

In addition to many disabilities and deaths, ischemic stroke is also responsible for a great consumption of health resources.1 Apart from the primary brain injury due to vasculature obstruction, in ischemic stroke appears a secondary brain injury due to the activation of different physiopathological pathways (as apoptosis).2 –6 Apoptotic changes have been found in brain tissue samples of patients with ischemic stroke.7–11
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research