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Stroke in Young Women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Meredith Salisbury ,
Gerald Pfeffer  and
Samuel Yip
Meredith Salisbury
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gerald Pfeffer*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Clinician Investigator Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Samuel Yip
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*
Institute of Human Genetics, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom
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In women ages 15-45 years, an additional set of risk factors are important in the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke. Some of these pertain strictly to women, and relate to exogenous hormones and pregnancy. Various other conditions are more common in women, which include migraine with aura, selected vascular disorders and autoimmune conditions. These differences do have implications for management in both the primary and secondary prevention of stroke in this age group.

Résumé:

Résumé:

Chez les femmes de 15 à 45 ans, un ensemble additionnel de facteurs de risque sont importants dans la pathogenèse de l’accident vasculaire cérébral (AVC) ischémique. Certains sont propres aux femmes et reliés à la prise d’hormones et à la grossesse. Certains autres sont plus fréquents chez les femmes, dont la migraine avec aura, certaines maladies vasculaires et maladies autoimmunes. On doit tenir compte de ces facteurs de risque particuliers pour la prévention primaire et secondaire de l’AVC dans ce groupe d’âge.

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Review Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 404 - 410
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2011

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