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Abstract The aim of this work is to study and determine the eitiology of cerebral stroke ( infarction and homorrhage ) in young female , risk factors and to find correlation between these factors and the clinical presentaion . this study was conducted on 50 female patient aged 15 –45 years old with stroke . the were subjected to the following neurological history taking complete neurolgical examintaion labratory investigation and radiological investigation include cerebral C.T cerbral M.R.I carotid duplex cerebral angiography and electrocardiography . the result were as follows cardiac cause 18 cases (36%) blood disease 11 cases (22%) vascular diseases 4 cases (8%) hypertension 4 cases (8%) drug abuse 4 cases (8%) oral contraceptive 3 cases (6 %) diabetes milletus 3 cases (6%) unknown 2 cases (4%) and migraine 1 case (2%) the major cause of stroke in young adults is cardiac and the increase incidense of drug abuse in stroke prevalence conclusion cerebral stroke ( infarction and heamorrhage ) in young woman has wide eitiologic spectrum . the principal mechanism of stroke in young female cardiac diseases vascular disorders blood disease stroke due to drugs abuse now represent gradual increase as cause of stroke in young adults . |