Post-stroke mortality, stroke severity, and preadmission antipsychotic medicine use--a population-based cohort study.

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>It has been suggested that antipsychotic medication may be neuroprotective and may reduce post-stroke mortality, but studies are few and ambiguous. We aimed to investigate the post-stroke effects of preadmission antipsychotic use.<h4>Methods</h4>...

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Main Authors: Anders Prior, Thomas Munk Laursen, Karen Kjær Larsen, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Jakob Christensen, Grethe Andersen, Mogens Vestergaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24416196/pdf/?tool=EBI