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Free Fatty Acids and Stroke From Atrial Fibrillation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

J. David Spence*
Affiliation:
Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2011

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