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By Deepi Brar
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE

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References


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke:

Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke and Stroke: Hope Through Research

Patrick D. Lyden, M.D., keynote speech, Proceedings of a National Symposium on Rapid Identification and Treatment of Acute Stroke December 12-13, 1996



Reviewed by Reviewed by Charles E. McLaughlin, MD, a member of the sports medicine faculty at the University of California at Berkeley and a physician in private practice in Berkeley, California.


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First published March 26, 2002
Last updated December 29, 2006
Copyright © 2002 Consumer Health Interactive