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. 1987 Jan;79(1):33–36.

Cerebrovascular Disease in Blacks

Louis R Caplan, Edward S Cooper
PMCID: PMC2571310  PMID: 3820330

Abstract

Stroke in black Americans is an important health problem that has been understudied. A brief review of the pertinent literature and strategies for evaluating and managing patients with cerebrovascular disease are presented.

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