About the Authors

Changqing Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Changqing Zhang, Qidong Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Qidong Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Changqing Zhang, Qidong Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yilong Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Xingquan Zhao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Chunxue Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Liping Liu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yuehua Pu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Xinying Zou

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Wanliang Du

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yuesong Pan

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Zixiao Li

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Jing Jing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Dongxue Wang

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yang Luo

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ka Sing Wong

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yongjun Wang

yongjunwang1962@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

on behalf of the Chinese IntraCranial AtheroSclerosis (CICAS) Study Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJW CQZ YLW XQZ CXW LPL DXW YL KSW. Performed the experiments: YHP XYZ. Analyzed the data: YSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WLD ZXL JJ. Wrote the paper: CQZ QDC.