What we know and what we don't know about preventing stroke.
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24781372.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001637 and PMC identifier 4004534.
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Abstract
Consulting Editor Druin Burch and the PLOS Medicine Editors discuss implications of research by Bos and colleagues, which finds that a high proportion of strokes in a European cohort are not attributable to known risk factors. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
Medical subject headings
- Cost of Illness
- Stroke