Current smoking is associated with extracranial carotid atherosclerotic stenosis but not with intracranial large artery disease

BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence has shown that cigarette smoking is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke. However, it is not clear about the potential mechanisms through which cigarette smoking affects stroke risk. In the study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between cigarette sm...

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Published in:BMC Neurol
Main Authors: Ji, Ruijun, Pan, Yuesong, Yan, Hongyi, Zhang, Runhua, Liu, Gaifen, Wang, Penglian, Wang, Yilong, Li, Hao, Zhao, Xingquan, Wang, Yongjun
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28651523
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-017-0873-7
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