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Neuroprotection in Cerebrovascular Disease

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Cerebrovascular disease is the term applied to many diseases with pathology in the blood vessels of the brain or the vessels supplying blood to the brain. A simplified classification of cerebrovascular diseases where neuroprotection is required is shown in Table 3.1.

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