Cryptogenic cerebral infarction in a young patient with very high lipoprotein(a) serum level as the only risk factor.
Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a plasma lipoprotein that consists of a low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-like particle containing APO B-100 and apolipoprotein(a), linked by a disulphide bridge. There is evidence that higher serum level of Lp(a) is a predictor of various vascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction, coronary stenosis, re-occlusion of aortocoronary bypass vein grafts, peripheral atherosclerosis and cerebral infarction [1-4]. We describe a young man with a cryptogenic stroke with very high serum level of Lp(a) as the only vascular risk factor.
Lentini
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First Division of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, I-10126 Turin, Italy. alessandra.lentini@infinito.it
Fornengo
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Bosco
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Caprioli
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Destefanis
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Cerrato
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D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017270:Lipoprotein(a) / Q000097:blood*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
D017270:Lipoprotein(a)