Cerebrovascular disorders are among the top 10 causes of death in children, with rates highest in the first year of life.
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Smoking also increases the risk of peripheral vascular and cerebrovascular disease.
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This delay is thought to occur because there is a lack of general awareness by physicians and families of cerebrovascular disorders in children.
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Women who had used estrogen replacement therapy had a reduced mortality from all categories of acute and chronic arteriosclerotic disease and cerebrovascular disease.