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Stroke is the second most common cause of death in developed countries and a major cause of adult disability and mortality worldwide. New data strongly suggest that neuropeptide Y (NPY) may be a candidate gene for ischemic stroke.We investigated 450 ischemic stroke patients and 423 healthy controls matched for sex and age in a Han Chinese population. Three functional polymorphisms (−883TGins/del,...