Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Pediatric stroke and cerebrovascular disorders

In 1895, a neuropathologist at the University of Vienna observed that "a large number of cases of infantile cerebral palsy is caused by the same factors that bring about the majority of cases of cerebral paralysis of adults: by tearing, embolism, and thrombosis of cerebral vessels."1 While Sigmund Freud would go on to become better known for other endeavors, his observation that children can have strokes paved the way for the development of the emerging subspecialty of pediatric stroke and cerebrovascular disorders.
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Childhood stroke, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Pediatric stroke; see Cerebrovascular Disease/ Childhood stroke, All Education RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research