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The Association Between Atrial Fibrillation and Poststroke Seizures is Influenced by Ethnicity and Environmental Factors.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Oct 2018
Naylor Jillian, Churilov Leonid, Johnstone Benjamin, Guo Ruibing, Xiong Yunyun, Koome Miriam, Chen Ziyi, Thevathasan Arthur, Chen Ziyuan, Liu Xinfeng, Kwan Patrick, Campbell Bruce C V
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GOAL: Epilepsy is a major complication of stroke. There have been suggestions that patients with cardioembolic stroke are at a greater risk of developing seizures than other stroke subtypes. However, the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and cardioembolic stroke varies considerably across countries, generally higher in Western populations than in Asian populations. This study assessed whether ethnicity...
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