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Differences in the distribution of stroke subtypes in a UK black stroke population - final results from the South London Ethnicity and Stroke Study.
BMC medicine - 20 May 2016
Gulli Giosue, Rutten-Jacobs Loes C A, Kalra Lalit, Rudd Anthony G, Wolfe Charles D A, Markus Hugh S
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BACKGROUND: Stroke incidence is increased in Black individuals but the reasons for this are poorly understood. Exploring the differences in aetiological stroke subtypes, and the extent to which they are explained by conventional and novel risk factors, is an important step in elucidating the underlying mechanisms for this increased stroke risk. METHODS: Between 1999 and 2010, 1200 black and 1200 white stroke...
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