Data Management And Sharing System of China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases

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

First author:Shen Y

Corresponding author:Zhao X

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  • Person in charge:Shen Y
  • Data Sources: APAC
  • Number of papers:APAC20160061
  • Published time:2014-07-01

2014-07-01

Published articles

Journal:PLoS One

Publication type: Original Contributions

IF(IF): 3.24

PMID: 24992466 Link To Pubmed Full text Download

Background And Purpose

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 clear.

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