Large-artery stroke in a young patient with Crohn's disease. Role of vitamin B6 deficiency-induced hyperhomocysteinemia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 113-115

  Younes Mhenni, S ^a   Derex, L ^a   Berruyer, M ^b   Nighoghossian, N ^a   Philippeau, F ^a   Salzmann, M ^c   Trouillas, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Crohn's disease; Homocysteine; Stroke; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FOLIC ACID; MESALAZINE; PYRIDOXINE; SIMVASTATIN; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROHN DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESALAMINE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SIMVASTATIN; THIAMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2642514633     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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