Brain Advance Access originally published online on September 10, 2007
Brain 2007 130(12):e85; doi:10.1093/brain/awm158
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Hyperglycaemia and the outcome of stroke
Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Correspondence to: Antti J. Metso E-mail: antti.metso@helsinki.fi
Received May 28, 2007. Accepted June 11, 2007.
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We read with great interest the article by Uyttenboogaart and co-workers on the association of serum glucose level with outcome in acute ischaemic stroke. In their multivariate analysis hyperglycaemia (glucose >8 mmol/l) was associated with worse functional outcome in a concentration-dependent manner in non-lacunar stroke, whereas in lacunar stroke