Spontaneous intracranial artery dissection is an uncommon and probably underdiagnosed
cause of stroke that is defined by the occurrence of a haematoma in the wall of an intracranial …

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Background: Cytokines and growth factors have been implicated in the initiation and propagation
of vascular disease. Observational studies have shown associations of their circulating …

Background We observed a syndrome of intermittent fevers, early-onset lacunar strokes and
other neurovascular manifestations, livedoid rash, hepatosplenomegaly, and systemic …

Background Various genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been done in ischaemic
stroke, identifying a few loci associated with the disease, but sample sizes have been …

Importance The causal direction and magnitude of the association between telomere length
and incidence of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases is uncertain owing to the susceptibility …

Genetic factors have been implicated in stroke risk, but few replicated associations have
been reported. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for ischemic stroke …

Background The MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism has been associated with raised homocysteine
concentration and increased risk of stroke. A previous overview showed that the effects …

Background: The implications of different adiposity measures on cardiovascular disease
etiology remain unclear. In this article, we quantify and contrast causal associations of central …

Causes of the well-documented association between low levels of cognitive functioning and
many adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes, poorer physical health and earlier death remain …