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Stroke

Date: February 1998

Definition:

Any cerebrovascular accident or incident producing neurological sequelae lasting more than 24 hours (including, for example, infarction of brain tissue, haemorrhage or embolisation from an extracranial source) supported by evidence of permanent neurological deficit.

 

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