Stroke Patients with a Past History of Cancer Are at Increased Risk of Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Mortality

Kui-Kai Lau; Yuen-Kwun Wong; Kay-Cheong Teo; Richard Shek-Kwan Chang; Sonny Fong-Kwong Hon; Koon-Ho Chan; Raymond Tak-Fai Cheung; Leonard Sheung-Wai Li; Hung-Fat Tse; Shu-Leong Ho; Chung-Wah Siu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088283

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Stroke Patients with a Past History of Cancer Are at Increased Risk of Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Mortality

Kui-Kai Lau,

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Yuen-Kwun Wong,

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Kay-Cheong Teo,

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Richard Shek-Kwan Chang,

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Sonny Fong-Kwong Hon,

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Koon-Ho Chan,

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Raymond Tak-Fai Cheung,

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Leonard Sheung-Wai Li,

Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tung Wah Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Hung-Fat Tse,

Affiliations Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Shu-Leong Ho ,

* E-mail: cwdsiu@hku.hk (CWS); slho@hku.hk (SLH)

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Chung-Wah Siu

* E-mail: cwdsiu@hku.hk (CWS); slho@hku.hk (SLH)

Affiliations Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Stroke Patients with a Past History of Cancer Are at Increased Risk of Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Mortality

Kui-Kai Lau,
Yuen-Kwun Wong,
Kay-Cheong Teo,
Richard Shek-Kwan Chang,
Sonny Fong-Kwong Hon,
Koon-Ho Chan,
Raymond Tak-Fai Cheung,
Leonard Sheung-Wai Li,
Hung-Fat Tse,
Shu-Leong Ho

Published: February 11, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088283

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