Erschienen in:
01.07.2012 | Editorial
Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Mechanisms and Therapies
verfasst von:
Guohua Xi, Richard F. Keep
Erschienen in:
Translational Stroke Research
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Sonderheft 1/2012
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Excerpt
We welcome you to this special issue of
Translational Stroke Research on intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). There are about two million cases of ICH in the world each year, accounting for about 10–15 % of all strokes in the USA, Europe, and Australia and 20–30 % of strokes in Asia. It has a very high mortality rate (∼40 %), and most survivors face long-term disability [
1,
2]. Despite this, ICH has historically received much less focus than ischemic stroke. However, in the last years, there has been a marked increase in interest. Thus, Medline reported 374, 442, 590, 945, and 1,614 articles on intracerebral hemorrhage in the years from 1986–1990, 1991–1995, 1996–2000, 2001–2005, and 2006–2010, respectively. This upswing in interest is reflected by this special issue which includes 19 papers by leading experts in the field including clinical and preclinical studies, reviews and new research, and three editorials. …
