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Young women with recent probable migraine with visual aura are at increased risk of ischemic stroke, especially if they both smoke and use oral contraceptives. Even though their absolute risk of stroke is low, these patients should be encouraged to stop smoking.
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A large difference between preoperative blood pressure and intraoperative perfusion pressure increases the risk of postoperative cognitive impairment and stroke.
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Outcomes for treatment of stroke with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) were similar at community hospitals supported by telemedicine consultation with stroke experts compared to academic stroke centers.
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Patients with peripheral artery disease are at high risk for cardiovascular complications. Antiplatelet drugs are routinely prescribed for these patients, but is adding an oral anticoagulant of value?
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Patients with Parkinson's disease takinglevodopa were divided into groups with (i) moderate-severe fluctuations and (ii) stable response.
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In spite of great advances in neuroimaging, neurocritical care, and neurosurgical interventions for the diagnosis and treatment of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), it is uncertain if case morbidity and mortality have significantly declined.
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Muscle Nogo-A may be a useful biomarker for the early diagnosis of ALS.
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Patients with eosinophilic neuropathy, associated with primary eosinophilia or the Churg-Strauss syndrome, exhibit cutaneous vasculitis and reduced epidermal nerve fiber density.
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