History of Stroke

• Other Authors: Bogousslavsky, Julien (Editor), Paciaroni, Maurizio (Editor), Hennerici, Michael G. (Editor), Tatu, Laurent (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; stroke; cerebrovascular disease; disability; neurology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide. It has become the first disease leading to neurologic referrals to hospital and, while recognized in medicine since antiquity, stroke did not acquire a proper place within neurology until the second part of the 20th century. The...