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An intracranial hemorrhage is a bleed into any of the components of the cranial cavity (see below). Cerebral hemorrhages can lead to hemorrhagic stroke and are considered medical emergencies. Intracranial hemorrhages can result from Intracerebral hemorrhage, or ICH, accounts for 10-15% of all strokes. It most frequently results from high blood pressure as found in people with hypertension, eclampsia, and abuse of some drugs (Liebeskind, 2004). A third of intracerebral bleeds result in... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 23, 2006
Last edited by alexbl Aug 5, 2008

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