Association of Parental Stroke With Brain Injury and Cognitive Measures in Offspring
Author(s) -
Galit Weinstein,
Alexa S. Beiser,
Rhoda Au,
Charles DeCarli,
Philip A. Wolf,
Sudha Seshadri
Publication year - 2013
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/strokeaha.112.680520
Subject(s) - offspring , medicine , stroke (engine) , hyperintensity , odds ratio , white matter , brain size , cardiology , framingham heart study , magnetic resonance imaging , framingham risk score , pregnancy , mechanical engineering , genetics , disease , radiology , engineering , biology
Parental stroke has been related to an increased risk of stroke in the offspring. This study examines whether parental stroke is also associated with increased vascular brain injury and poorer cognitive performance among offspring free of clinical stroke.
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