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Hypertension+MRI changes=impaired cognition
  1. S Tuhrim,
  2. S R Levine
  1. The Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr S R Levine, Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, Box 1137, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York 10029–6574, USA;
 steven.levine{at}mssm.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.72.6.690

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