Increased Risk of Stroke after Septicaemia: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

Jiunn-Tay Lee; Wen Ting Chung; Jin-Ding Lin; Giia-Sheun Peng; Chih-Hsin Muo; Che-Chen Lin; Chi-Pang Wen; I-Kuan Wang; Chun-Hung Tseng; Chia-Hung Kao; Chung Y. Hsu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089386

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Increased Risk of Stroke after Septicaemia: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

Jiunn-Tay Lee ,

* E-mail: jiunntay@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wen Ting Chung,

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Jin-Ding Lin,

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Giia-Sheun Peng,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chih-Hsin Muo,

Affiliations Department of Public Health, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Che-Chen Lin,

Affiliation Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chi-Pang Wen,

Affiliation Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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I-Kuan Wang,

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Kidney Disease, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chun-Hung Tseng,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chia-Hung Kao,

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chung Y. Hsu

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Increased Risk of Stroke after Septicaemia: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

Jiunn-Tay Lee,
Wen Ting Chung,
Jin-Ding Lin,
Giia-Sheun Peng,
Chih-Hsin Muo,
Che-Chen Lin,
Chi-Pang Wen,
I-Kuan Wang,
Chun-Hung Tseng,
Chia-Hung Kao

Published: February 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089386

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