Ischaemic stroke with multi-focal venous and arterial thrombosis due to hyperhomocysteinemia: anabolic androgenic steroid use and MTHFR c.667 C > T variant – a case report

Abstract Background Severely elevated serum homocysteine is a rare cause of ischaemic stroke and extra-cranial arterial and venous thrombosis. Several factors can lead to mild elevation of homocysteine including dietary folate and B12 deficiency, and genetic variants of the methylenetetrahydrofolate...

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Published in:	BMC Neurology
Main Authors:	JPK Chen, A Rees, CH Coughlan, W Goodison, E Murphy, A Chandratheva
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-04-01
Subjects:	Case report Ischaemic stroke Venous thrombosis Hyperhomocysteineaemia Anabolic androgenic steroids
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03197-4