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Familial history of stroke and stroke risk. The Family Heart Study.
Stroke - 1 Oct 1997
Liao D, Myers R, Hunt S, Shahar E, Paton C, Burke G, Province M, Heiss G
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although familial history of stroke is generally perceived to be an important marker of stroke risk, very few epidemiological studies have been published to address this hypothesis. We sought to examine whether familial history of stroke is associated with the prevalence of stroke in the Family Heart Study, a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-supported multicenter study of the...
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