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Cerebrovascular disease is damage to the blood vessels in the brain, resulting in a stroke. The blood vessels can become blocked because of fat deposits, or a wandering blood clot, blocking the flow of blood to a part of the brain. Sometimes, the blood vessels may leak, break, or burst, resulting in a hemorrhagic stroke. People with diabetes are at higher risk of cerebrovascular disease. See also: Macrovascular disease. This medical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding ...
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... More than 2,400 years ago the father of medicine, Hippocrates, recognized and described stroke-the sudden onset of paralysis. Until recently, modern medicine has had very little power over this diseas...
Resources
- ''''The Free-Radical Theory of Aging: Part I - How it all began'''' (HealthWorld)
- Accidente Cerebrovascular: Esperanza en la Investigaciуn (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
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