Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Outcome after acute ischemic stroke is linked to sex-specific lesion patterns

  • Anna K. Bonkhoff,
  • Markus D. Schirmer,
  • Martin Bretzner,
  • Sungmin Hong,
  • Robert W. Regenhardt,
  • Mikael Brudfors,
  • Kathleen L. Donahue,
  • Marco J. Nardin,
  • Adrian V. Dalca,
  • Anne-Katrin Giese,
  • Mark R. Etherton,
  • Brandon L. Hancock,
  • Steven J. T. Mocking,
  • Elissa C. McIntosh,
  • John Attia,
  • Oscar R. Benavente,
  • Stephen Bevan,
  • John W. Cole,
  • Amanda Donatti,
  • Christoph J. Griessenauer,
  • Laura Heitsch,
  • Lukas Holmegaard,
  • Katarina Jood,
  • Jordi Jimenez-Conde,
  • Steven J. Kittner,
  • Robin Lemmens,
  • Christopher R. Levi,
  • Caitrin W. McDonough,
  • James F. Meschia,
  • Chia-Ling Phuah,
  • Arndt Rolfs,
  • Stefan Ropele,
  • Jonathan Rosand,
  • Jaume Roquer,
  • Tatjana Rundek,
  • Ralph L. Sacco,
  • Reinhold Schmidt,
  • Pankaj Sharma,
  • Agnieszka Slowik,
  • Martin Söderholm,
  • Alessandro Sousa,
  • Tara M. Stanne,
  • Daniel Strbian,
  • Turgut Tatlisumak,
  • Vincent Thijs,
  • Achala Vagal,
  • Johan Wasselius,
  • Daniel Woo,
  • Ramin Zand,
  • Patrick F. McArdle,
  • Bradford B. Worrall,
  • Christina Jern,
  • Arne G. Lindgren,
  • Jane Maguire,
  • Danilo Bzdok,
  • Ona Wu,
  • MRI-GENIE and GISCOME Investigators and the International Stroke Genetics Consortium,
  • Natalia S. Rost

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23492-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Acute ischemic stroke impacts men and women differently. Here, the authors show how different lesion patterns in men and women are linked to the extent of stroke severity.