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The authors describe the epidemiology and the physiopathological aspects of ischemic strokes in patients with a history of oestroprogestogen use. They then study their main radiological correlates: arterial infarcts at CT scan and angiographic non-specific lesions which can be included in the extremely wide framework of arteritis and, much more rarely, venous thrombophlebitis.
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Godon-Hardy, S., Meder, J.F., Dilouya, A. et al. Ischemic strokes and oral contraception. Neuroradiology 27, 588–592 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00340856
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