Stroke with Hyperhomocysteinemia & Protein ‘S’ Deficiency in a Young Boy -A Rare Case Report
| Autor: | N Ashwini Pandith, Uday Kumar, D R Suresh, K Pratibha |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Hyperhomocysteinemia business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health nutritional and metabolic diseases medicine.disease Thrombosis Rare case cardiovascular system medicine cardiovascular diseases Protein S deficiency Myocardial infarction business Stroke |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 5:58 |
| ISSN: | 0976-5506 0976-0245 |
| DOI: | 10.5958/0976-5506.2014.00012.6 |
| Popis: | Hypercholesterolemia & Hyperhomocysteinemia are known risk factors for atherosclerosis. Although Protein S deficiency along with Hyperhomocysteinemia are associated with arterial thrombosis precipitating stroke & myocardial infarction, very few paediatric cases have been reported so far. We report such a rare case of Stroke associated with hypercholesterolemia, homocysteinemia & Protein S deficiency in a young boy. |
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