internal medicine neurology internal medicine neurology
| Stroke |
| Prevalence Clinical features Investigations Therapy Prevention Prognosis |  |
Most patients have an ischaemic stroke. a Most ischaemic strokes involve the anterior circulation. 
a
Intracranial haemorrhage is commoner in patients aged < 45. |
Expiry date: October 2003
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| Author | CM Ball |
| Reviewer | G Donnan |
| CAT Writers | CJ Wotton , N Shenker , CM Ball |