Investigation of risk factors in children with arterial ischemic stroke

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Ganesan, Vijeya ^a   Prengler, Mara ^a,b   McShane, Michael A ^a,b   Wade, Angela M ^a   Kirkham, Fenella J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN COFACTOR II; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPOPROTEIN A; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOPHILIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFANT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037310672     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10423     Document Type: Article

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