To investigate the role of oral contraceptives and their interaction with thrombophilia in ischemic stroke, a case-control study on women with a first ischemic stroke when younger than 45 years was carried out. Oral contraceptives doubled the risk of ischemic stroke in the first 6-18 months of use and hyperhomocysteinemia increased the risk by 3.5-fold. Carriers of factor V Leiden or prothrombin G20210A were not found to have a statistically significant increased risk. The risk of ischemic stroke in oral contraceptive users was 13 times higher in women who were also carriers of factor V Leiden and 9 times higher in those who also had hyperhomocysteinemia. (copyright)2006 Ferrata Storti Foundation.

Oral contraceptive use, thrombophilia and their interaction in young women with ischemic stroke / I. Martinelli, T. Battaglioli, I. Burgo, S. Di Domenico, P.M. Mannucci. - In: HAEMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0390-6078. - 91:6(2006), pp. 844-847.

Oral contraceptive use, thrombophilia and their interaction in young women with ischemic stroke

P.M. Mannucci
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2006

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To investigate the role of oral contraceptives and their interaction with thrombophilia in ischemic stroke, a case-control study on women with a first ischemic stroke when younger than 45 years was carried out. Oral contraceptives doubled the risk of ischemic stroke in the first 6-18 months of use and hyperhomocysteinemia increased the risk by 3.5-fold. Carriers of factor V Leiden or prothrombin G20210A were not found to have a statistically significant increased risk. The risk of ischemic stroke in oral contraceptive users was 13 times higher in women who were also carriers of factor V Leiden and 9 times higher in those who also had hyperhomocysteinemia. (copyright)2006 Ferrata Storti Foundation.
Genetics; Homocysteinemia; Risk factors; Thrombophilia
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
2006
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