Stroke
Subtitle: preventing and treating "brain attack"
By: [writers, Beverly Merz, Urmila Parlikar ; medical editors, J. Philip Kistler, Natalia Rost]
Contributors: Parlikar, Urmila; Kistler, J. Philip; Rost, Natalia S.; Harvard Medical School; Harvard Medical School. Health Publications Group
Series: A Harvard Medical School special health report; Harvard Medical School special health report
Publisher: Harvard Health Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781935555490
Subjects: Stroke; Therapy; Prevention & control; Cerebrovascular disease; Prevention; Treatment; Brain; Diseases
Other titles: Preventing and treating "brain attack"
Notes: "Are you having a stroke? New scanning methods. Preventing relapse. Sex after stroke. Special bonus section, Preventing stroke"--Cover.

"STR10"--P. [4] of cover.

"SU11500"--P. [4] of cover.

Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).
Table of contents: title: What is a stroke?; title: How the brain works; title: Preventing stroke; title: Subtypes and causes of stroke; title: Diagnosing a stroke; title: Treating ischemic stroke; title: Treating hemorrhagic stroke; title: Rehabilitation; title: Life after stroke.