The high prevalence of cognitive deficits in acute young patients with ischaemic stroke highlights the importance of early post-stroke cognitive assessment to capture a patient's dysfunction in a comprehensive manner and to offer adequate rehabilitation. The role of factors which promote neuropsychological deficits needs further exploration.
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