[Epidemiology and pathophysiology of spontaneous cervical artery dissection].

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Spontaneous cervical artery dissections are produced by the penetration of circulating blood into the vessel wall of one or more cervical arteries, without a preceding major trauma. Dissection is one of the most frequent etiologies of ischemic stroke in young patients. Its annual incidence is about 3 per 100,000. Pathophysiology of cervical artery dissection remains misunderstood. Triggering factors such as minor...

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