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Letter to the Editor
Ischemic stroke and homocysteine: To test or not to test?
AVC isquémico e homocisteinemia: testar ou não estar?
Laura Guerreiroa,
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lauraguerreiro@campus.ul.pt

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, Sofia Rosado Juliãob, Mariana Alvesa,b,c
a Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
b Serviço de Medicina III, Hospital Pulido Valente, CHLN, Lisboa, Portugal
c Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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