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Chapter 7 - Sex and Gender Differences in the Presentation and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

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Tracy Madsen  and
Karen Furie
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Alyson J. McGregor
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Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
Bruce M. Becker
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Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine , pp. 87 - 100
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