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10.2478/v10046-010-0023-8
Title: | Cytomegalovirus chronic infection as a risk factor for stroke : A prospective study |
Authors: | Ķeniņa, Viktorija Auce, Pauls Priede, Zanda Irbe, Inese Vainšteina, Lana Smeltere, Elvira Millers, Andrejs Rīga Stradiņš University |
Keywords: | Chronic infection;Cytomegalovirus infection;Stroke;3.2 Clinical medicine;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;General |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2010 |
Citation: | Ķeniņa , V , Auce , P , Priede , Z , Irbe , I , Vainšteina , L , Smeltere , E & Millers , A 2010 , ' Cytomegalovirus chronic infection as a risk factor for stroke : A prospective study ' , Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences , vol. 64 , no. 3-4 , pp. 133-136 . https://doi.org/10.2478/v10046-010-0023-8 |
Abstract: | Stroke is the second most common cause of death in the world and a major cause of long-term disability. Chronic infection is an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke and related forms of atherosclerotic vascular disease. The aim of our study was to compare the plasma Cytomegalovirus (CMV) immunoglobulin G antibody level in a patient and control group, and to determine the association of CMV chronic infection with ischemic stroke, and with stroke subtype. The present study does not present a cogent demonstration that cytomegalovirus chronic infection is a risk factor of stroke. Further studies are necessary to clarify the effective prophylactic measures to determine other significant risk factors for stroke. |
Description: | Funding Information: This research was supported by European Social Fund. |
DOI: | 10.2478/v10046-010-0023-8 |
ISSN: | 1407-009X |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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