Postoperative stroke in a child with cerebral palsy heterozygous for factor V leiden

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 262-264

  Steiner, Marie ^a   Hodes, Marquis Z ^b   Shreve, Michael ^a   Sundberg, Steven ^c   Roger Edson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GILLETTE CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Childhood ischemic stroke; Factor V Leiden; Postoperative complications; Special needs children

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; PROTHROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR V; FACTOR V DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034453339     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200005000-00014     Document Type: Article

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