A prospective study of acute cerebrovascular disease in the community: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project 1981-86. 1. Methodology, demography and incident cases of first-ever stroke.

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Published in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry on November 01, 1988

Authors

J Bamford1, P Sandercock, M Dennis, C Warlow, L Jones, K McPherson, M Vessey, G Fowler, A Molyneux, T Hughes

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1: Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.

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