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Types of Strokes

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Keywords

  • Stroke
  • Transient ischemic attack
  • Ischemic
  • Hemorrhagic
  • Infarct
  • Cerebrovascular
  • Aneurysm
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Abbreviations

CAA:

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

ICH:

Intracerebral Hemorrhages

SAH:

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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Gomes, J., Wachsman, A.M. (2013). Types of Strokes. 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_2

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