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Is hormone replacement a risk factor for ischemic stroke in women with factor V Leiden mutation?
Archives of neurology - 1 Aug 1998
Meschia J F, Biller J, Witt T, Greist A, Rhinehart S N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe a patient with multifocal cerebral ischemia whose only identified potential risk factors were use of postmenopausal hormone replacement and heterozygosity to factor V Leiden mutation. DESIGN: A case report. SETTING: A tertiary care center. PATIENT: A 51-year-old woman taking hormone replacement (0.625 mg/d of estrogen alternating with 10 mg/d of medroxyprogesterone) presented with a...
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