Research fellowships in cerebrovascular disease. Maintains a listing of support groups for stroke survivors, their families, friends and interested profess...
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Cerebral thrombosis and cerebral embolism are caused by blood clots that block an artery supplying the brain, either in the brain itself or in the neck. In...
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A stroke is a disorder in which the arteries to the brain become blocked or rupture, resulting in death of brain tissue. If a hemorrhagic stroke is not mas...
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Depending upon the amount of blood involved and location of the stroke area in the brain, a person having a stroke can show many signs and symptoms. A tran...
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Stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. A stroke occurs when the blood su...
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The specific abilities lost or affected depend on where in the brain the stroke occurs and on the size of the stroke (the extent of brain cell death). The ...
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In a stroke, the blood supply to part of the brain is reduced or cut off completely. Learn more about stroke and how to manage and recover from the brain d...
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Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke). Stroke (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)...
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Referral page to the Brain Attack Coalition "Acute Stroke Toolbox" site for the NIH Stroke Scale, stroke admission orders, and other items for clinicians t...
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