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C-Reactive Protein is a Predictor of Early Neurologic Deterioration in Acute Ischemic Stroke
27 January 2012
Woo-Keun Seo, Hung-Youl Seok, Ji Hyun Kim, Moon-Ho Park, Sung-Wook Yu, Kyungmi Oh, Seong-Beom Koh, Kun-Woo Park
Although the association between elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) level and long-term outcome after ischemic stroke is well known, the association between CRP and early neurologic deterioration (END)...
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Rotational Vertigo Associated with Putaminal Infarction
24 January 2012
Makoto Nakajima, Yuichiro Inatomi, Toshiro Yonehara, Teruyuki Hirano, Makoto Uchino
A 57-year-old man was admitted because of left hemiparesis. A magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain revealed a recent infarct from the dorsal side of the right putamen to the corona radiata. Th...
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Ischemic Stroke After Low-voltage Electric Injury in a Diabetic and Coagulopathic Woman
24 January 2012
Wei-Hsi Chen, Chi Chui, Chun-Chung Lui, Hsin-Ling Yin
Electric injury is a common physical injury in daily life. Because of the low resistance of vascular tissue, vascular injury and thrombosis are frequently found in cases of high-voltage electric injur...
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von Willebrand Factor Genetic Variant Associated with Hematoma Expansion After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
16 January 2012
Geoffrey Appelboom, Matthew Piazza, James E. Han, Samuel S. Bruce, Brian Hwang, Aimee Monahan, Richard Y. Hwang, Sergey Kisslev, Stephan Mayer, Philip M. Meyers, Neeraj Badjatia, E. Sander Connolly
Background: Hematoma expansion, the leading cause of neurologic deterioration after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), remains one of the few modifiable risk factors for poor outcome. In the present stud...
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Stroke Literacy, Behavior, and Proficiency in a South Florida Population
16 January 2012
John A. Morren, Efrain D. Salgado
Background: Our goal was to assess stroke literacy, behavior, and proficiency in our South Florida service population. Methods: Data were obtained from the 2006 to 2010 Cleveland Clinic Florida annual...
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