Obesity increases stroke risk in young adults: opportunity for prevention.

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  • Walter N Kernan
  • Jennifer L Dearborn
چکیده

Common NOTCH3 Variants and Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease Loes C.A. Rutten-Jacobs, PhD; Matthew Traylor, PhD; Poneh Adib-Samii, MBBS; Vincent Thijs, MD; Cathie Sudlow, MD; Peter M. Rothwell, MD; Giorgio Boncoraglio, MD; Martin Dichgans, MD; Steve Bevan, PhD; James Meschia, MD; Christopher Levi, MD; Natalia S. Rost, MD; Jonathan Rosand, MD; Ahamad Hassan, MRCP; Hugh S. Markus, MD ............................................................................................ 1482

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Stroke

دوره 46 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015