ea0029p1083 | Neuroendocrinology | ICEECE2012
Pappa T.
, Mantzou E.
, Vemmos K.
, Stamatelopoulos K.
, Vassileiou V.
, Alevizaki M.
Introduction: Data on the role of endogenous sex steroids in cerebrovascular disease is sparse. Our aim was to investigate the clinical relevance of circulating sex steroids in a postmenopausal acute stroke population and search for associations with disease severity and short-term outcome.Patients and methods: We prospectively studied 302 postmenopausal female patients hospitalized for an acute stroke in two tertiary hospitals, during a time period of 2...