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Cerebrovascular Diseases and Malformations of the Brain

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Atherosclerotic lesions of the vessels, leading to stenosis and occlusion of the epiaortic and cerebral arteries, are one of the main causes of brain infarction in adults (Seeger 1995). Atherosclerosis accounts for 90% of brain thromboembolisms in the developed countries.

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