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Epidemiology and characteristics of occipital brain infarcts in young adults in southwestern Finland.
Journal of neurology - 1 Feb 2010
Martikainen Mika H, Majamaa Kari
Abstract excerpt
Occipital stroke and occipital epilepsy are possible manifestations of mitochondrial diseases. A previous study in northern Finland suggested a frequency of 10% for mitochondrial disorder in young patients with stroke. Here we studied the epidemiology of occipital brain infarcts in a defined population in southwestern Finland. Patients diagnosed with brain infarct or visual field defect with onset at the ages of...
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