The Ischemic Stroke Genetics Study (ISGS) Protocol

James F Meschia¹ , Thomas G Brott¹ , Robert D Brown Jr¹ , Richard JP Crook² , Michael Frankel³ , John Hardy⁴ , José G Merino⁵ , Stephen S Rich⁶ , Scott Silliman⁵ and Bradford Burke Worrall⁷

¹Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A

²Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A

³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A

⁴National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A

⁵University of Florida/Shands Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A

⁶Department of Public Health Sciences and Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A

⁷University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A