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Iron-Deficiency and Estrogen Are Associated With Ischemic Stroke by Up-Regulating Transferrin to Induce Hypercoagulability

Rationale: Epidemiological studies have identified an associate between iron deficiency (ID) and the use of oral contraceptives (CC) and ischemic...

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United States Pulmonary Hypertension Scientific Registry: Baseline Characteristics

Background: The treatment, genotyping, and phenotyping of patients with World Health Organization Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have evolved...

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Analysis of Risk Factors of Stroke and Venous Thromboembolism in Females With Oral Contraceptives Use

Thrombotic diathesis has been a well-known complication of oral contraceptive use for more than 50 years. This is true not...

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Obesity: risk of venous thrombosis and the interaction with coagulation factor levels and oral contraceptive use

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a common disease with an annual incidence of about 1 in 1000. Many risk factors...

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Low-dose oral contraceptive-induced acute myocardial infarction

Objectives: Since their introduction, oral contraceptives (OCs) have been associated with risk to both the venous and the arterial systems....

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Combined oral contraceptives: the risk of myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke

Background: Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) have been associated with an increased risk of arterial thrombosis, i.e. myocardial infarction or ischemic...

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The moderating role of underlying predictors of survival in patients with brain stroke: a statistical modeling

Determining subclinical Brain stroke (BS) risk factors may allow for early and more operative BS prevention measures to find the...

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Plasma selenium is positively related to performance in neurological tasks assessing coordination and motor speed

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative process affecting the striato nigral system (SN). Its etiology, although obscure, may involve oxidative...

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Selenium and human health

Selenium is incorporated into selenoproteins that have a wide range of pleiotropic effects, ranging from antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects to...

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