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Review
. 2019 Jun;50(6):1612-1617.
doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.023553. Epub 2019 May 2.

Sleep and Stroke

Sandeep P Khot  1 , Lewis B Morgenstern  2
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Review

Sleep and Stroke

Sandeep P Khot et al. Stroke. 2019 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: apnea; brain stem; prevalence; stroke; survivors.

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Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST/DISCLOSURES

Both authors are investigators in the NIH funded Sleep SMART trial.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Potential causes and consequences of untreated sleep disorders after stroke with proposed mechanisms leading to increased risk of stroke and poor stroke outcome.
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