European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on November 7, 2008
European Heart Journal 2009 30(5):575; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn496
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Cerebral embolism from subclinical carotid atherosclerotic lesion in a young woman with inflammatory Crohn disease
1 CEPTA, CHU Haut Leveque, Pessac and Victor Segalen University, Bordeaux, France
2 Stroke Unit, CHU Pellegrin and Victor Segalen University, Bordeaux, France
* Corresponding author. Tel: +33 557 656 270, Fax: +33 557 656 271, Email: marianne_lafitte@hotmail.com
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A 39-year-old woman was hospitalized for sudden massive left haemiplegia. Her only risk factor was light smoking. She was diagnosed with Crohn disease 1