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PDFA patient that changed my practice
My oldest stroke patient
Abstract
We report the benign clinical course of a ‘hand knob’ stroke syndrome in a 106-year-old man and discuss some issues that arise when caring for the very oldest of the old.
- stroke
- cerebrovascular disease
- medicine
- geriatrics
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Contributors JGH drafted and finalised the manuscript. AID collected data and contributed to the discussion.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned. Externally peer reviewed by Lucy Pollock, Taunton, UK.
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