Spontaneous intracranial artery dissection is an uncommon and probably underdiagnosed
cause of stroke that is defined by the occurrence of a haematoma in the wall of an intracranial …

… The Peto odds ratio of 0.25 with a 95% CI of 0.02 to 3.36 indicated no significant difference
between the treatment options (P = 0.3). There was no significant heterogeneity between the …

… ipsilateral stroke or any peri‐operative stroke or death from 11% to 5.1% (P = 0.004), but not
the risk of major ipsilateral stroke or any peri‐… We chose P < 0.05 as the level of significance. …

Background The International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS) of stenting and endarterectomy
for symptomatic carotid stenosis found a higher incidence of stroke within 30 days of …

… males with regard to aphasia severity (P=0.31) and fluency (P=0.32). The same holds
true for the relationship between age and aphasia severity (P=0.26) as well as fluency (P=0.86). …

Background Stenting is an alternative to endarterectomy for treatment of carotid artery
stenosis, but long-term efficacy is uncertain. We report long-term data from the randomised …

… regression model based on univariate associations (p < 0.1, Table 1); (2) backward logistic
regression was estimated with a probability of stepwise removal of p < 0.10; we tested the …

… Lyrer has served on a scientific advisory board for Bayer Schering Pharma; has received
funding for travel or speaker honoraria from Bayer Schering Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, …

Objective: To examine whether risk factor profile, baseline features, and outcome of cervical
artery dissection (CEAD) differ according to the dissection site. Methods: We analyzed 982 …

… inflation of P values or … P < 1 × 10 −5 . Two of these SNPs showed nominally significant
heterogeneity in effect according to dissection site (P = 6.49 × 10 −3 for rs1466535 (LRP1) and P …