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Perplexing Text Messages May be the Sole Sign of Stroke

Publish date:: May 28, 2019

Key clinical point: Incoherent text messages may be the first or even the only clue to an underlying stroke.

Major finding: Two case studies were presented in which strokes were detected following difficulty typing and communicating via electronic messages.

Study details: Two case reports.

Disclosures: The authors had no disclosures.

Citation:

Anderson T et al. AAN 2019. Abstract P5.3-062.

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