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Table 8 Breakdown of other specified causes of stroke in the different groups

From: Differences in the distribution of stroke subtypes in a UK black stroke population – final results from the South London Ethnicity and Stroke Study

 

Black

White

CADASIL

1

0

MELAS

1

0

Drug related

1

1

Endocarditis

0

2

HIV

3

1

Vasculitis

4

1

Cervical artery dissection

22

25

Sickle cell disease

7

0

Coagulopathy

10

2

Cancer

2

8

Iatrogenic

6

8

Total number of patients

57

48

  1. CADASIL, Cerebral Autosomal-Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy; MELAS, Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes; HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus
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