Medicina: Ematologia: Talassemie e trapianto del midollo osseo
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| stroke (en.) |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun
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| Grammatical label |
Countable
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| Definition |
A condition due to the lack of oxygen to the brain which may lead to reversible or irreversible paralysis. The damage to a group of nerve cells in the brain is often due to interrupted blood flow, caused by a blood clot or blood vessel bursting. Depending on the area of the brain that is damaged, a stroke can cause coma, paralysis, speech problems and dementia.
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| Definition source |
Cancerweb. OMD – On-line Medical Dictionary.
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| Context |
Survival has improved dramatically, reaching a 90% 10-year survival and a 70% 20-year survival in the 1990s. Within the first 5 years, the main cause of death is active disease (neurologic, renal, systemic) or infection. Thereafter, causes of death tend to be infectious or cardiovascular events (strokes and/or myocardial infarction) related to hypertension and hyperglycemia/hypercholesterinemia because of chronic corticotherapy.
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| Context source |
Richard K.,et al. (2002). ‘Induction of tolerance in autoimmune diseases by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: getting closer to a cure?’. Blood 99(3): 768-784. (RISCEN68)
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| Subject field |
Haemopoiesis
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| Sub-field (level 1) |
Thalassemias
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| Sub-field (level 2) |
Therapies
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| it |
Stroke (It.)
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| Reliability code |
3
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