Hypercoagulability Is a Stronger Risk Factor for Ischaemic Stroke than for Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review

• Alberto Maino,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

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• Frits R. Rosendaal ,

  * E-mail: f.r.rosendaal@lumc.nl

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Ale Algra,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Brain Center Rudolph Magnus, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Flora Peyvandi,

  Affiliation Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

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• Bob Siegerink

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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