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What kind of stroke leaves you with one-sided paralysis?
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Stroke: Likely middle cerebral artery territory--as supplied by the carotid artery.
Answered 4/20/2013
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Stroke: Actually one of the most common types of stroke in an embolic stroke which travels through the middle cerebral artery either on the right or left a clot in this distribution can cause paralysis on the opposite side in both the upper and lower extremity.
Answered 11/22/2013
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