Background: Some studies showed that copeptin, a hypothalamic hormone derived from the precursor of vasopressin, may be useful in the prediction of outcome of ischemic cerebral stroke. The aim of this work was to search if there is any correlation between serum copeptin, in the first day of ischemic stroke, and its clinical severity, radiological findings and also its predictive value of functional outcome in these patients.
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