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Review
. 2016 Jan-Mar;19(1):1-8.
doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.168631.

Fifty years of stroke researches in India

Tapas Kumar Banerjee  1 , Shyamal Kumar Das  2
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Review

Fifty years of stroke researches in India

Tapas Kumar Banerjee et al. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2016 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Currently, the stroke incidence in India is much higher than Western industrialized countries. Large vessel intracranial atherosclerosis is the commonest cause of ischemic stroke in India. The common risk factors, that is, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, and dyslipidemia are quite prevalent and inadequately controlled; mainly because of poor public awareness and inadequate infrastructure. Only a small number of ischemic stroke cases are able to have the benefit of thrombolytic therapy. Benefits from stem cell therapy in established stroke cases are under evaluation. Presently, prevention of stroke is the best option considering the Indian scenario through control and/or avoiding risk factors of stroke. Interventional studies are an important need for this scenario.

Keywords: Burden of illness; outcome; pathology; risk factors; treatment and genetics.

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