title: Response to letter regarding article, "N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and stroke risk: the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke cohort".
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Vermont, Colchester.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cushman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*; D044469:Racial Groups; D020521:Stroke
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain