As part of a multicenter study on ischemic stroke in the young, we report the occurrence of high antiphospholipid antibody (aPLs) levels and cerebral dissection in 75 patients. These represent the two most frequent non-thromboembolic causes of cerebral ischemia in our population. Increased aPL titres were found in nine cases (12%); cerebral artery dissection in eleven (14%). Our data stress the need to modify the classical diagnostic approach to cerebral ischemia by including hematological assessments and new neuroimaging techniques as screening tests.
Antiphospholipid antibodies and cerebral artery dissection: two frequent causes of brain ischemia in young adults / Girmenia, F.; C., Argentino; E., Di Scipio; F., Orzi; Pozzilli, Carlo; Rasura, Maurizia; J., Faroni; Valesini, Guido; C., Fieschi. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0392-0461. - STAMPA. - 15:5(1994), pp. 221-227. [10.1007/bf02342452]
Antiphospholipid antibodies and cerebral artery dissection: two frequent causes of brain ischemia in young adults.
F. Girmenia;POZZILLI, Carlo;RASURA, Maurizia;VALESINI, Guido;
1994
Abstract
As part of a multicenter study on ischemic stroke in the young, we report the occurrence of high antiphospholipid antibody (aPLs) levels and cerebral dissection in 75 patients. These represent the two most frequent non-thromboembolic causes of cerebral ischemia in our population. Increased aPL titres were found in nine cases (12%); cerebral artery dissection in eleven (14%). Our data stress the need to modify the classical diagnostic approach to cerebral ischemia by including hematological assessments and new neuroimaging techniques as screening tests.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
