Hormonal contraception as a risk factor of cerebrovascular stroke

Since stroke is a major health problem world wide ranking as the third commonest cause of death in developed countries and the most common neurological causes of morbidity and diseability in industiral countries, primary prevention of this disease is quite important.As a result of this concern, we have done this study in an effort to evaluate the hormonal contraception as a risk factor of cereprovascular stroke through working on 3 groups of females in childbearing periods.Their ages ranged from 20 - 45 years.