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Stroke

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Why?

  • A high cholesterol (> 5.2 mmol/l) increases the risk of dying from an non-haemorrhagic stroke - the higher the cholesterol, the greater the risk a

Expiry date: October 2003
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Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   G  Donnan
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , CM   Ball