Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke after Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State: A Population-Based Follow-Up Study

• Jen-Yu Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jen-Yu Wang, Cheng-Yi Wang

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Cheng-Yi Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jen-Yu Wang, Cheng-Yi Wang

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Yung-Sung Huang,

  Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Pin-Fan Chen,

  Affiliation Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Kuang-Yung Huang,

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Pesus Chou,

  Affiliation Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Wei-Cheng Lian ,

  * E-mail: hematcd2@hotmail.com (WCL); hematcd@hotmail.com (CCL)

  Affiliations Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan

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• Ching-Chih Lee

  * E-mail: hematcd2@hotmail.com (WCL); hematcd@hotmail.com (CCL)

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Education, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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