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Atheroma of the cerebral circulation and of its major arteries of supply is a frequent cause of stroke and transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs). For this reason these events are often used as measures of atheroma. This paper poses the question, ‘Is this approach justified?’ ‘Is the incidence of strokes and the increasing or decreasing frequency of TIAs an adequate measure of atheroma in the cerebral arteries? If it is not, what alternatives have we?’
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Marshall, J. (1983). Atherosclerosis. Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Evaluation — Cerebrovascular Disease. In: Schettler, F.G., Gotto, A.M., Middelhoff, G., Habenicht, A.J.R., Jurutka, K.R. (eds) Atherosclerosis VI. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81817-2_4
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