Delayed recognition of initial stroke in children: Need for increased awareness

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Srinivasan, Jayasri ^a,b   Miller, Steven P ^b   Phan, Thanh G ^c   Mackay, Mark T ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral vascular accident; Cerebrovascular disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VICTORIA;

EID: 67749147172     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3544     Document Type: Article

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