Magnitude of right-to-left shunt as the only determinant of stoke in a pair of identical twins

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-150

  Del Sette, M ^a   Rizzi, D ^a   Pretta, S ^a   Gandolfo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foramen ovale; Patent; Right to left shunt; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler; Twins

Indexed keywords

TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 4344605831     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-004-0250-3     Document Type: Article

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