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soccerdreamer_17

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How does a transient ischemic attack (TIA) differ from a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
 a. A TIA may be hemorrhagic.
  b. A CVA is not caused by ischemia.
  c. A CVA is symptomatic for more than 24 hours.
  d. A TIA results from an aneurysm.

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What does the prognosis of a disease refer to?
 a. the mortality rates of the disease
 b. the degree of infectiousness
 c. the ability for the disease to spread
  d. the expected or usual outcome
 e. the cause of the disease


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Mollythedog

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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Aug 20, 2018
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