Article
Diagnostic yield of prothrombotic state studies in cryptogenic stroke.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 2006
Belvís R, Santamaría A, Martí-Fàbregas J, Cocho D, Borrell M, Fontcuberta J, Martí-Vilalta J L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Around 30% of ischemic strokes are considered cryptogenic. We analyzed the diagnostic yield of prothrombotic state (PS) studies in patients with an initial cryptogenic stroke (CS). MATERIAL AND METHODS: We prospectively included consecutive CS patients according to the TOAST criteria. PS included plasmatic determinations of antiphospholipid (APL) antibodies and lupus anticoagulant (LA), S (SPd) and C...
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