Verifying the Stroke-Free Phenotype by Structured Telephone Interview
Author(s) -
James F. Meschia,
Thomas G. Brott,
Felix E. Chukwudelunzu,
John Hardy,
Robert D. Brown,
Irene Meissner,
Linda J. Hall,
Elizabeth J. Atkinson,
Peter C. O’Brien
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.5.1076
Subject(s) - medicine , telephone interview , stroke (engine) , medical record , cohort , risk factor , sibling , physical therapy , family medicine , psychology , mechanical engineering , social science , developmental psychology , sociology , engineering
Case-control, cohort, and twin studies support a genetic contribution to ischemic stroke risk. Sibling pair linkage methods require identification of concordant or discordant siblings or both. We designed and tested a structured telephone interview to verify the stroke-free phenotype.
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