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UC Irvine-led study is first to find brain hemorrhage cause other than injured blood vessels


Posted: 2023-11-20

Source: UCI News
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“Our study highlights the importance of the kidney-brain connection,” says Dr. Mark Fisher, professor of neurology in the UCI School of Medicine and corresponding author. “It was previously thought that CKD effects on the brain were due to hypertension. We discovered the first clear evidence that CKD can produce cerebrovascular disease independent of high blood pressure.”

UCI School of Medicine