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Cytokine Registry Database Of Stroke Patients (Crisp), Atif Zafar, Fares Qeadan, Asad Ikram, Mudassir Farooqui, Sajid Suriya, Surojit Paul
Cytokine Registry Database Of Stroke Patients (Crisp), Atif Zafar, Fares Qeadan, Asad Ikram, Mudassir Farooqui, Sajid Suriya, Surojit Paul
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Purpose/Background: The aim of the study is to identify molecular biomarkers involve in patients who present with stroke and to determine their clinical usefulness as potential biomarkers in stroke patients as compared to patients without stroke.
Materials & Methods: All patients presenting with ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke at University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) will be screened for potential participation in this study based on following inclusion and exclusion criteria:
Inclusion criteria: male/female of ages ≥ 18 years, patients whose standard stroke admission order sets are obtained for clinical care.
Exclusion criteria: Patients <18 year, with the history of prior stroke or any neurodegenerative or neuroinflammatory disease except multiple sclerosis (MS), pregnant women and prisoners.
Cytokines will be measured in serum …