Neuroimaging perspectives of perinatal arterial ischemic stroke

Perinatal stroke is second only to adult stroke in the overall stroke incidence. It is a major contributor to long term neurologic morbidity which include cognitive dysfunction, cerebral palsy and seizures. Risk factors of stroke in the perinatal period differs from those in children and tend to be multi-factorial. Differences in territorial predilection, response to injury and stroke evolution exist when compared to childhood and adult stroke, and also amongst differing gestation age groups in the perinatal period (i.e.
Source: Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research