Recent developments in childhood arterial ischaemic stroke

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 425-435

  Amlie Lefond, Catherine ^a   Sébire, Guillaume ^b   Fullerton, Heather J ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DEFEROXAMINE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYUREA; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER; INCIDENCE; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; THROMBOPHILIA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; PEDIATRICS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 41949137758     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70086-3     Document Type: Review

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