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A case of stroke associated with gonadotropin treatment in a young patient
M Silvestrini1, R De Simone, G C Santone
1Department of Neurology, 2nd University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Functional Neurology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of ischemic stroke in a 40-year-old hypofertile man who was given a gonadotropin therapy for a short time is described. We discuss the possible causal relationship between treatment and cerebrovascular accident. A possible pathogenetic mechanism is also proposed.