Stroke
Stroke is a common cause of disability and the third commonest cause of death but it fails to attract much public attention. This book seeks to redress the balance by describing who is at the most risk of stroke and why. Anyone can have a stroke, but why is it mainly a disease of older age? Why do babies and children get strokes? What should we do for suspected stroke? How should stroke be treated and perhaps more importantly, how can we all make changes to our lives to prevent thishappening to…
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- Full title :Stroke / Richard I. Lindley.
Summary
Stroke is a common cause of disability and the third commonest cause of death but it fails to attract much public attention. This book seeks to redress the balance by describing who is at the most risk of stroke and why. Anyone can have a stroke, but why is it mainly a disease of older age? Why do babies and children get strokes? What should we do for suspected stroke? How should stroke be treated and perhaps more importantly, how can we all make changes to our lives to prevent thishappening to ourselves and our family. This guide features all the facts you need to understand why strokes occur.
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- Publication Date:2008.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 133 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191549809, 0191549800
- oclc:ocn801405898
- LC Classification:RC388.5
- Dewey Decimal:616.8/1
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