Patent foramen ovale and stroke: Does presence of a migraine headache or any character of patent foramen ovale increase the risk of stroke?
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Abdolhamid Shariat, Ehsan Yaghoubi, Kamran Aghasadeghi, Abbas Rahimi, Reza Nemati, Nahid Ashjazadeh 1 Department of Neurology, Shiraz Neurosciences Research Center AND Clinical Neurology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2 Department of Neurology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3 Department of Neurology, Shiraz Neurosciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4 Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurology Research Center, Department of Neurology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 5 Department of Cardiology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 6 Department Neurology, Shiraz Neurosciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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