PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Buckley, Rita ED - Nguyen-Huynh, Mai N. TI - The Rising Trend of Ischemic Stroke in the Young DP - 2012 May 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 27--27 VI - 12 IP - 1 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/1/27.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/1/27.full AB - The costs and lifelong morbidity that are associated with stroke are great when the victims are young [Goodman S et al. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2008; Fox CK, Fullerton HJ. Curr Artheroscler Rep 2010]; yet, recent reports have identified increasing trends in hospitalization for ischemic stroke among adolescents and young adults [George MG et al. Ann Neurol 2011]. This article presents results from a study that confirms the growth of ischemic stroke in the young.