Research progress: The association between homocysteine and ischemic stroke

Homocysteine is a risk factor for ischemic stroke.The association between homocysteine and ischemic stroke has been becoming a hot spot of research all over the world, but has not yet got a consistent result up to now.In this article, we reviewed the pathogenic mechanism, intervention, new treatment strategies, and summarized the current progress of the association of homocysteine with ischemic stroke. Key words: Stroke; Homocysteine