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Vascular Neurology
Do you recommend any particular type of contraceptive use in young patients with strokes of unclear etiology?
How do you guide what contraceptive type when asked by the medical team?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
The safest choice would be a progesterone-only method. If a combination must be used, the lowest estrogen option.
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