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. 2015 Nov;18(4):e7.
doi: 10.1136/eb-2015-102103. Epub 2015 Sep 24.

Post-traumatic stress disorder was associated with a threefold increased risk for stroke in a Taiwanese National Health Insurance Database

Judith Zahava Goldfinger
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Post-traumatic stress disorder was associated with a threefold increased risk for stroke in a Taiwanese National Health Insurance Database

Judith Zahava Goldfinger. Evid Based Ment Health. 2015 Nov.
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