Effect of Beta-Blocker Therapy on the Risk of Infections and Death after Acute Stroke – A Historical Cohort Study

• Ilko L. Maier ,

  * E-mail: ilko.maier@med.uni-goettingen.de

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• André Karch ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Research group Epidemiological and Statistical Methods (ESME), Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig site, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Rafael Mikolajczyk ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Research group Epidemiological and Statistical Methods (ESME), Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig site, Braunschweig, Germany, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Mathias Bähr ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Jan Liman

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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