Childhood arterial ischemic stroke: A review of etiologies, antithrombotic treatments, prognostic factors, and priorities for future research

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 786-793

  Lyle, Courtney A ^a,b   Bernard, Timothy J ^c,d,e   Goldenberg, Neil A ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Mountain States Regional Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood arterial ischemic stroke; pediatric stroke

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTHROMBIN; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD ARTERIAL ISCHEMIC STROKE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSENSUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FABRY DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENKES SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRISOMY 21; VASOSPASM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 84055222141     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: 10989064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1297169     Document Type: Review

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