Inflammatory markers and poor outcome after stroke: a prospective cohort study and systematic review of interleukin-6.

Does hemispheric lateralization inluence functional and cardiovascular outcomes after stroke?: an analysis of placebo-treated patients from prospective acute stroke trials.

Risk of early death and recurrent stroke and effect of heparin in 3169 patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial ibrillation in the International Stroke Trial. Audebert

* Only time in days (18.7 days, SD = 12.8 days) reported between the diagnosis of stroke and the onset of abnormal movements in a group of 14 patients with tremor after stroke.

HS: hemorrhagic stroke; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; SBP: systolic BP; 48 h SBP average: average of systolic BP during the 48 hours after admission; 48 h SBP

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure versus medical therapy for prevention of recurrent stroke in patients with prior cryptogenic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

METHODS: This was a prospective study of right ischemic stroke patients in which the independent variable was the degree of spatial neglect and the outcome that was measured

feasibility of bone marrow mononuclear cell autologous (stem cell) transplantation in patients with acute stroke. -Functional outcome

Pre-treatment parasite load in peripheral blood showed a good association with diagnosis and treatment response, but was not associated with poor outcome in paediatric