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Table 3 Frequency of causes classified as other determined causes (n = 61)

From: Ischemic stroke in young patients in Medellín, Colombia

 

N

%

Substance abuse

7

11.48

Craniocervical arterial dissection

27

44.26

Fibromuscular dysplasia

1

1.64

Hypercoagulability secondary to nephrotic syndrome (primary glomerulonephritis)

1

1.64

Hypercoagulability secondary to nephrotic syndrome (Diabetic nephropathy)

1

1.64

Hypoperfusion post cardiac arrest post

1

1.64

Meningovascular syphilis

2

3.28

APS

5

8.20

Paraneoplastic hypercoagulability syndrome

1

1.64

Moyamoya syndrome

3

4.92

Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome

2

3.28

Thrombophilia (protein S deficiency)

1

1.64

Acquired thrombophilia (protein S deficiency, protein C and ATIII)

1

1.64

Vasculitis

1

1.64

SLE vasculitis

1

1.64

Central nervous system primary vasculitis

3

4.92

Toxic vasculitis secondary to cocaine abuse

1

1.64

Tuberculous vasculitis

2

3.28

  1. APS Antiphospholipid syndrome
  2. AT-III Antithrombin III
  3. SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus