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Abbreviations
- Afib:
-
Atrial fibrillation
- AVM:
-
Arterial venous malformation
- CADASIL:
-
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
- DM:
-
Diabetes mellitus
- FMD:
-
Fibromuscular dysplasia
- HTN:
-
Hypertension
- MTHFR:
-
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
- PFO:
-
Patent foramen ovale
- RCVS:
-
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
- TPA:
-
Tissue plasminogen activator
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Lu, M. (2013). Stroke in Younger and Older Adults. In: Corrigan, M., Escuro, A., Kirby, D. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Stroke. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-380-0_9
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