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. 1977 Mar-Apr;8(2):230-1.
doi: 10.1161/01.str.8.2.230.

Diurnal variation in occurrence of strokes

J Marshall

Diurnal variation in occurrence of strokes

J Marshall. Stroke. 1977 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

The time of onset of a completed stroke was recorded in 707 patients. Of the 554 cerebral infarctions 40% occurred between midnight and 6 a.m. Onset at night was, if anything, less common among the 153 cases of cerebral hemorrhage.

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