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Bilateral internal carotid dissection and multiple embolic cerebral infarcts in a woman with Turner’s syndrome treated with exogenous hormones to induce pregnancy

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De Zanche, A., Masato, M., Fabbri, M. et al. Bilateral internal carotid dissection and multiple embolic cerebral infarcts in a woman with Turner’s syndrome treated with exogenous hormones to induce pregnancy. Neurol Sci 42, 2531–2533 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-05026-9

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