Paciaroni, M; Georgiadis, D; Arnold, M; Gandjour, J; Keseru, B; Fahrni, G; Caso, V; Baumgartner, R W (2006). Seasonal variability in spontaneous cervical artery dissection. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry, 77(5), pp. 677-9. London: BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/jnnp.2005.077073
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)We examined the seasonal variability of spontaneous cervical artery dissection (sCAD) by analysing prospectively collected data from 352 patients with 380 sCAD (361 symptomatic sCAD; 305 carotid and 75 vertebral artery dissections) admitted to two university hospitals with a catchment area of 2,200,000 inhabitants between 1985 and 2004. Presenting symptoms and signs of the 380 sCAD were ischaemic stroke in 241 (63%), transient ischaemic attack in 40 (11%), retinal ischemia in seven (2%), and non-ischaemic in 73 (19%) cases; 19 (5%) were asymptomatic sCAD. A seasonal pattern, with higher frequency of sCAD in winter (31.3%; 95% confidence interval (CI): 26.5 to 36.4; p=0.021) compared to spring (25.5%; 95% CI: 21.1 to 30.3), summer (23.5%; 95% CI: 19.3 to 28.3), and autumn (19.7%; 95% CI: 15.7 to 24.1) was observed. Although the cause of seasonality in sCAD is unclear, the winter peaks of infection, hypertension, and aortic dissection suggest common underlying mechanisms.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Arnold, Marcel, Keserü, Borbala |
ISSN: |
0022-3050 |
ISBN: |
16614034 |
Publisher: |
BMJ Publishing Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:50 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:15 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1136/jnnp.2005.077073 |
PubMed ID: |
16614034 |
Web of Science ID: |
000237238000027 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/20956 (FactScience: 4768) |
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