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Risk factor in cerebrovascular disease — study with patients in ward of neurological clinic of "Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP" from 1977 to 1984

The purpose of this research was the study of cerebrovascular disease (CVD), some of its epidemiological characteristics and the importance of high blood pressure, cardiac disease and diabetes mellitus as risk factors in this cerebral illness.

Cerebrovascular desordes; Epidemiology; Neurologic nursing


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