Three biomarkers can be used as non-invasive diagnostic tools in cases of ischemic stroke, contributing important information, according to a recent study. The study was published in The Journal of Neurology Research in December, 2015, and was conducted by Mostafa Saleh Melake of the Neurology Department at the Menoufiya School of Medicine in Egypt.
The researchers recruited 100 patients who were admitted to the Neurology Department at Menoufiya University within 24 hours of having an acute stroke. The participants were between the ages of 45 and 78 years old, and 51 of them were male. There were also “100 healthy controls matched with age and sex.”
