Original Article

Relationship Between the Risk Factors and Anatomical Localization in Posterior Cerebral Ischemic lnfarcts

  • Mualla Bozkurt
  • Himmet Dereci
  • Orhan Yağız
  • Filiz Manga
  • İlkay Yıldırım
  • Reyhan Sürmeli
  • Emine Taşkıran
  • Aysu Yetiş
  • Vasfiye İlbay

İstanbul Med J 2006;7(2):5-7

In this study we investıgate the relatıonship between the risk factors including; age, sex, cigarette, alchol, hypertensıon, dibetes mellitus, hypercholesteremıa and the anatomical loca/izatıon of posterior cerebral ischaemic strokes. We argued the results with the literature.

Keywords: Risk factors, anatomical localization, posterior cerebral infarcts