TY - JOUR T1 - Red blood cell distribution width and ischaemic stroke JF - Stroke and Vascular Neurology SP - 172 LP - 175 DO - 10.1136/svn-2017-000071 VL - 2 IS - 3 AU - Gang-Hua Feng AU - Hai-Peng Li AU - Qiu-Li Li AU - Ying Fu AU - Ren-Bin Huang Y1 - 2017/09/01 UR - http://svn.bmj.com/content/2/3/172.abstract N2 - The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of red blood cell (RBC) size heterogeneity, which is easily calculated by dividing the SD of erythrocyte volumes for the mean corpuscular volume. Recent reporter suggested that, besides haematological diseases and anaemia, many human disorders may be closely associated with the elevated RDW. A literature review has revealed the RDW may be closely related to the development of ischaemic stroke, carotid artery atherosclerosis and cerebral embolism. Higher RDW could independently predict adverse outcomes in patients in these conditions. ER -