Correspondence to: Dr J M Wardlaw Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Rd, Edinburgh EH4 2XU UK; [email protected]
Received 11 November 2004
Revised 29 November 2004
Accepted 01 December 2004
I would like to acknowledge the many people who have discussed with me the possible mechanisms of lacunar ischaemic stroke or authored some of the supporting papers, in particular Professor C Warlow, Professor M Dennis, Dr C Sudlow, Dr A Lammie, Dr J Bamford, Professor P Sandercock, Dr P Armitage, and Dr G Mead.
Competing interests: none declared