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Genetic and environmental risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage: preliminary results of a population-based study.
Stroke - 1 May 2002
Woo Daniel, Sauerbeck Laura R, Kissela Brett M, Khoury Jane C, Szaflarski Jerzy P, Gebel James, Shukla Rakesh, Pancioli Arthur M, Jauch Edward C, Menon Anil G, Deka Ranjan, Carrozzella Janice A, Moomaw Charles J, Fontaine Robert N, Broderick Joseph P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has a 30-day mortality rate of 40% to 50% and lacks a proven treatment. We report a preplanned, midpoint analysis of the first population-based, case-control study that examines both genetic and environmental risk factors of ICH. METHODS: We prospectively identified cases of hemorrhagic stroke at all 16 hospitals in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky...
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