Cerebral ischemia in young adults : pathogenic and clinical perspectives

Preface Epidemiology of ischemic stroke in young adults Conventional risk factors Migraine & ischemic stroke Oral contraceptives & the risk of stroke: epidemiology, pathophysiologic mechanisms, & risk reduction Drug abuse & stroke The relationship between alcohol consumption & cerebrovascular risk: from epidemiological evidence to biological plausibility Infections & ischemic stroke in young adults HIV infection & ischemic stroke Ischemic stroke in pregnancy & puerperium Cervical Artery Dissection Vasculitis Moyamoya disease in young adults PFO/ASA & ischemic stroke in young patients Other causes of cardioembolism in young adults Thrombophilic disorders Ischaemic stroke in young people & antiphospholipid syndrome Other hematologic causes Venous infarcts in young adults Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts & Leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL): clinical & pathogenetic aspects of a form of genetic vascular dementia Fabry disease & stroke Other monogenic causes of ischemic stroke Polygenic ischemic stroke Mitochondrial diseases Prognosis after cerebral infarction among young adults Stroke rehabilitation in young ischemic stroke survivors Index.