Stroke

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Stroke

General Information

NEWS:

Health: The War on Strokes

ARTICLES:

Hemorrhagic Stroke

Stroke

Transient Ischemic Attack

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Animal Protein, Animal Fat, and Cholesterol Intakes and Risk of Cerebral Infarction Mortality in the Adult Health Study (Stroke)

APOE epsilon4 and cognitive decline in older stroke patients with early cognitive impairment. (Neurology)

Blood pressure and stroke: an overview of published reviews. (Stroke)

Blood Pressure and Vessel Recanalization in the First Hours After Ischemic Stroke. (Stroke. 2005)

Blood pressure decrease during the acute phase of ischemic stroke is associated with brain injury and poor stroke outcome. (Stroke)

Blood pressure in acute stroke. (Age Ageing)

Caffeine reduces cerebral blood flow in patients recovering from an ischaemic stroke (Age and Ageing)

Carbohydrate intake, glycemic index, glycemic load, and dietary fiber in relation to risk of stroke in women. (Am J Epidemiol)

Contribution of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin II to ischemic stroke: their role in the formation of stable and unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaques. (Surg Neurol)

Cortical Microinfarcts and Demyelination Significantly Affect Cognition in Brain Aging (Stroke)

Decreased levels of plasma vitamin C and increased concentrations of inflammatory and oxidative stress markers after stroke. (Stroke)

Dementia After Stroke (Stroke)

Dietary supplementation of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids worsens forelimb motor function after intracerebral hemorrhage in rats. (Exp Neurol. 2005)

Differences between hypertensive and non-hypertensive ischemic stroke. (Eur J Neurol)

Effect of upper airway obstruction in acute stroke on functional outcome at 6 months. (Thorax)

Effects of statins on stroke prevention in patients with and without coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. (Am J Med)

Elevated Pulse Pressure During the Acute Period of Ischemic Stroke Is Associated With Poor Stroke Outcome (Stroke)

Estrogens, migraine, and stroke. (Stroke)

Folate Intake and Risk of Stroke Among Women (Stroke)

Frequency and Risk Factors of Vascular Cognitive Impairment Three Months after Ischemic Stroke in China: The Chongqing Stroke Study (Neuroepidemiology)

Homocysteine-Lowering Treatment With Folic Acid, Cobalamin, and Pyridoxine Does Not Reduce Blood Markers of Inflammation, Endothelial Dysfunction, or Hypercoagulability in Patients With Previous Transient Ischemic Attack or Stroke (Stroke)

[Increased risk of stroke after TIA. New data support the need of urgent management] (Lakartidningen)

Inflammation, homocysteine, and vitamin B6 status after ischemic stroke. (Stroke)

Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Effects of Aging on Brain Edema and Neurological Deficits. (Stroke)

Ischemic Stroke Subtypes (Stroke)

Lesion evolution in cerebral ischemia. (J Neurol)

Neuroprotection in cerebral ischaemia: facts and fancies--the need for new approaches. (Cerebrovasc Dis)

Neuropsychological characteristics of mild vascular cognitive impairment and dementia after stroke. (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry)

Older stroke patients in Europe: stroke care and determinants of outcome. (Age Ageing)

Parity and risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage in women: a nested case-control study based on national Swedish registries. (Stroke)

Pediatric Stroke Belt (Stroke)

Poststroke depression. (Aust Fam Physician)

Poststroke "Pushing". Natural History and Relationship to Motor and Functional Recovery. (Stroke)

Post-stroke movement disorders: report of 56 patients. (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)

Predicting outcome after acute ischemic stroke: An external validation of prognostic models (Neurology)

Progression of cognitive impairment in stroke patients. (Neurology)

Progressive dementia after first-ever stroke (NEUROLOGY)

Relationship Between C-Reactive Protein and Progression of Early Carotid Atherosclerosis in Hypertensive Subjects (Stroke)

Stroke in a Biracial Population: The Excess Burden of Stroke Among Blacks (Stroke)

Stroke mortality in Sao Paulo (1997-2003): a description using the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases. (Arq Neuropsiquiatr)

Stroke recurrence within the first year following cerebral infarction - Tottori University Lacunar Infarction Prognosis Study (TULIPS). (Acta Neurol Scand)

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of melatonin in experimental stroke. (J Pineal Res. 2005)

Transient Ischemic Attacks Are More Than "Ministrokes" (Stroke)

Trends in Fatal and Nonfatal Strokes Among Persons Aged 35 to >=85 Years During 1991-2002 in Finland. (Stroke. 2005)

INTERNET SITES:

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Hemorrhagic stroke

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Stroke

NIH-NINDS Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke

NIH-NINDS Know Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time.

NIH-NINDS Stroke Information Page

NIH-NINDS Stroke Risk Factors and Symptoms

NIH-NINDS What You Need to Know About Stroke

NIH-Questions and Answers About Stroke

NIH-Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Fact Sheet

NIH-Stroke

NIH-Stroke Rehabilitation Tutorial

NIH-Stroke Resources

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