[Comparative clinical characteristics of ischemic stroke with reversible and stable neurological deficit]

Fifty-four patients with minor and 54 with complete brain stroke were examined for the effect of the patients' age, nature of the underlying disease, its course, acuity of development, initial intensity, and successive dynamics of focal symptoms on the course of brain stroke. It has been discovered that the patients' sex or age, or the nature of the underlying disease do not produce any effect on the development of minor or complete brain stroke. The tendency towards decrease of the intensity of focal symptoms within the first 24 hours since the disease onset and early hospitalization of the patients was of paramount importance in cases with a complete regression of focal symptoms. The highest percentage of minor brain strokes was recorded if the patients were hospitalized within 12 hours since the disease manifestation.