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The incidence of cerebrovascular diseases increases with age, from 0.03% to 0.04% per year under 45 years to 0.2% per year or more over 60 years [1]. On average, men outnumber women in all age groups, but a slight predominance of women under 45 years of age was recently observed [2].
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Fieschi, C., Frontoni, M., Orzi, F., Carolei, A., CNR Study Group. (1992). Cardiogenic Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Patients Under 45 Years. In: Di Pasquale, G., Pinelli, G. (eds) Heart-Brain Interactions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76652-7_7
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