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[Cerebral vascular complication of hyperhomocysteinemia. Controlling thromboembolic complications with folates].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 20 Sept 1997
Candito M, Bedoucha P, Jambou D, Appert-Flory A, Fisher F, Parrot-Roulaud F, Bayle J, Van Obberghen E, Chatel M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Young patients who experience cardiovascular events may have raised levels of homocysteine. There may be several causes for this hyperhomocysteinemia. CASE REPORT: Cerebrovascular disease occurred in a 40-year-old female smoker with hyperhomocysteinemia. This patient subsequently had several episodes of thromboembolism involving the brain and lower limb arteries. Prothrombin concentration was...
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