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

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

Abstract 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 ciga...

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Main Authors: Ruijun Ji, Yuesong Pan, Hongyi Yan, Runhua Zhang, Gaifen Liu, Penglian Wang, Yilong Wang, Hao Li, Xingquan Zhao, Yongjun Wang, On behalf of The Chinese Intracranial Atherosclerosis (CICAS) Study investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Stroke
Smoking
Extracranial atherosclerotic stenosis
Intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis
Association
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-017-0873-7

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