Abstract:&dquo;Strokes&dquo; due to cerebrovascular disease account for nearly one-fifth of all present deaths, compared with 9 per cent of all deaths in 1935,~ and the mortality and morbidity continue to rise.The etiology of atheroma is in dispute, but it has been suggested that ischemia of the middle zone of the arterial walls caused by intimal thickening leads to loss of oxidative enzymes, with consequent accumulation of cholesterol and other fats in the inner zone of the arterial ~=a11.2 Abnormally low values of va… Show more
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