Prothrombotic state induced by COVID-19 infection as trigger for stroke in young patients: A dangerous association.

Francesco Cavallieri, Alessandro Marti, Antonio Fasano, Annalisa Dalla Salda, Angelo Ghirarduzzi, Claudio Moratti, Lara Bonacini, Reza Ghadirpour, Rosario Pascarella, Franco Valzania,

eNeurologicalSci · 2020 · 34 citations · 6 references

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•COVID-19 infection could led to a pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic state.•Cerebrovascular involvement may occur in COVID-19 infection even in young patients.•Physicians should be aware that stroke may be the first COVID-19 manifestation.

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