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Limiting stroke damage is focus of study

Brain damage that occurs even days after a stroke, increasing stroke size and devastation, is the focus of researchers trying to identify new treatments.

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   Greg Albers, M.D., director of the Stanford Stroke Center, and his team report in the November issue of Annals of Neurology that new magnetic resonance imaging techniques can discriminate between stroke patients who are likely to benefit from a stroke medication -- even when administered beyond the currently approved three-hour time window -- and those for whom treatment is unlikely to be beneficial and may cause harm.
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