Hypertensive Microbleed as a Transient Ischemic Attack Mimic
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Hypertensive Microbleed as a Transient Ischemic Attack Mimic
Cerebral microbleeds have acquired increased attention as a silent marker of small vessel disease that carries an increased risk of hemorrhage. The etiology is believed to be either hypertension or amyloid deposition. Here, we present a case with a patient whose transient focal symptom most likely was due to the occurrence of an acute microbleed, indicating that not all microbleeds are silent a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Neurology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1662-680X
DOI: 10.1159/000348400