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Cerebrovascular disease: a clinical approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Graeme J Hankey
Graeme J Hankey*
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Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
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Graeme J Hankey, Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, Western Australia 6001, Australia.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1994 , pp. 289 - 310
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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