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Neurol India
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2008 Jan-Mar; 56(1): 77-8
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-120515
ABSTRACT
Young adults with stroke frequently do not have any of the traditional risk factors associated with stroke, prompting a search for other mechanical and hypercoagulable causes. The authors report a young man presenting with stroke and subsequently diagnosed with a carotid dissection. Recurrent strokes while on heparin prompted a search for a second etiology and the patient was found to have antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Although these conditions may be coincidental, we propose that their interaction was significant in this patient's presentation. Other reports of this association will also be reviewed.