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Risk factors and pathophysiology of maternal stroke.
Risk factors for maternal stroke are traditional and other risk factors including hypertensive diseases of pregnancy, migraine, infections, and hypercoagulable states. The pathophysiological mechanisms implicated in maternal stroke involve hemodynamic, vascular, immune-modulatory, and hypercoagulable changes.
