A midlife stroke surge among women in the United States.

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Published in Neurology on June 20, 2007

Authors

Amytis Towfighi1, Jeffrey L Saver, Rita Engelhardt, Bruce Ovbiagele

Author Affiliations

1: Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. towfighi@usc.edu

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