Article
Family history of hypertension is not an independent genetic factor predisposing to ischemic stroke subtypes.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Apr 2007
Laloux P, Ossemann M, Jamart J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The effect of family history of hypertension (FHx(HT)), as a genetic factor predisposing to some ischemic stroke subtypes and independently of hypertension as risk factor, has never been studied. METHODS: A positive FHx(HT) was searched in 472 patients (312 men, 160 women; mean [S.D.] age, 67.9 [11.4] years) consecutively admitted for a first-ever ischemic stroke (348) or transient ischemic attack...
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