Childhood stroke in Sweden I: Incidence, symptoms, risk factors and short-term outcome

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1641-1649

  Christerson, S ^a   Stromberg B ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood stroke; Incidence; Outcome; Risk factors; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SMOKING; STROKE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649730799     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01925.x     Document Type: Article

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