The incidence of first stroke in pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age: a population-based cohort study from England

Background: Pregnant women may have an increased risk of stroke compared to non-pregnant women of similar age, but the magnitude and the timing of such risk are unclear. We examined the risk of first stroke event in women of childbearing age and compared the risk during pregnancy and in the early po...

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Main Authors: Ban, Lu, Sprigg, Nikola, Nelson-Piercy, Catherine, Bath, Philip M.W., Ludvigsson, Jonas F., Stephansson, Olof, Tata, Laila J.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41869/