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Treatment of TGA patients with antiplatelet treatment is likely warranted, particularly if there are underlying vascular risk factors.
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These papers and the accompanying editorial by Rascol bring attention to a known but under-recognized complication of ergot derivatives.
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This is the latest of several important publications by Dr. Fullerton and her colleagues, at The University of California at San Francisco, describing details of the epidemiology of pediatric stroke during the last 2 decades of the 20th century.
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A large cohort study from Denmark suggests no link between childhood vaccines and type 1 diabetes.
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New-onset leg weakness or numbness is a common cause for neurologic consultation following gynecologic surgery.
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Cardiac surgery may be complicated by ischemic stroke as well as more non-specific cognitive disturbances. Could prophylactic neuroprotective strategies be employed?
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In order to identify risk factors for CNS ischemic complications at presentation and during follow-up, Nesher and associates reviewed the charts of 175 patients with giant cell arteritis diagnosed between 1980 and 2000 at 4 Jerusalem hospitals.
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Olesen and associates report on a phase II study of BIBN 4096 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a first in class non-peptide, parenteral CGRP-receptor antagonist.
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Using data from the UK General Practice Research Database, Cleary and associates evaluated the hypothesis that late-onset (60-year-old subjects and older) seizures increase the risk of subsequent stroke.
