Is hormone replacement a risk factor for ischemic stroke in women with factor V Leiden mutation?

doi:10.1001/archneur.55.8.1137

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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

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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 takin...

Topics

Brain Ischemia
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Factor V
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Mutation
Risk Factors

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