Elevated Plasma Total Cholesterol Level Is Associated with the Risk of Asymptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

Yuan Shen; Jing Wang; Jianwei Wu; Weikai Qu; Chunxue Wang; Xiang Gao; Yong Zhou; Anxin Wang; Shouling Wu; Xingquan Zhao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101232

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Elevated Plasma Total Cholesterol Level Is Associated with the Risk of Asymptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

Yuan Shen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuan Shen, Jing Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Jing Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuan Shen, Jing Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Jianwei Wu,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Weikai Qu,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
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Chunxue Wang,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Xiang Gao,

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yong Zhou,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Anxin Wang,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Shouling Wu ,

* E-mail: zxq@vip.163.com (XZ); drwusl@163.com (SW)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kailuan Hospital, Hebei United University, Tangshan, China
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Xingquan Zhao

* E-mail: zxq@vip.163.com (XZ); drwusl@163.com (SW)

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Elevated Plasma Total Cholesterol Level Is Associated with the Risk of Asymptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

Yuan Shen,
Jing Wang,
Jianwei Wu,
Weikai Qu,
Chunxue Wang,
Xiang Gao,
Yong Zhou,
Anxin Wang,
Shouling Wu,
Xingquan Zhao

Published: July 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101232

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