Stroke in patients with isolated IgM anticardiolipin antibody.
Eight of 90 patients with ischemic neurologic events were found to have persistent, isolated high-level IgM anticardiolipin antibodies. Strokes were multiple in four patients. Six patients were under 50 years of age at the time of the first stroke.
From the Department of Neurology and the Division of Cardiology, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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