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Álvaro Soto1,2,3\*, Marcelo Peldoza4,5 and Debora Pollak1,2

1 Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Especialidades Médicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

2 Unidad de Neurología, Hospital, Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena, Temuco, Chile

3 Centro de Investigación en Epidemiología Cardiovascular y Nutricional (EPICYN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

4 Departamento de Ciencias Preclínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

5 Unidad de Neurorradiología Intervencional, Hospital, Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena, Temuco, Chile

\*Address all correspondence to: alvaro.soto@ufrontera.cl

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