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Submitted on May 28, 2004
Accepted on May 28, 2004

Folic Acid-Based Multivitamin Therapy to Prevent Stroke. The Jury Is Still Out

Graeme J. Hankey MD, FRCP, FRACP^* and John W. Eikelboom MBBS, MSc, FRACP, FRCPA

From the Stroke Unit (G.J.H.), and Department of Haematology (J.W.E.), Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia; and the School of Medicine and Pharmacology (G.J.H., J.W.E.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gjhankey{at}cyllene.uwa.edu.au.

Key words: vitamin B complex • stroke prevention • folic acid • homocysteine • clinical trials