Elevated plasma total cholesterol level is associated with the risk of asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis.

Elevated plasma total cholesterol level is associated with the risk of asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis.

BACKGROUND: Intracranial arterial stenosis (ICAS) is one of the most common causes of stroke, and dyslipidemia was one of the most common risk factors related to ICAS. However, the correlation between the plasma total cholesterol level (PTC) and ICAS, especially asymptomatic ICAS (AICAS) is not clea...

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Main Authors: Yuan Shen, Jing Wang, Jianwei Wu, Weikai Qu, Chunxue Wang, Xiang Gao, Yong Zhou, Anxin Wang, Shouling Wu, Xingquan Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4081648?pdf=render

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