Cerebrovascular complications in children with nephrotic syndrome.
Although the nephrotic syndrome is known to be a hypercoagulable state, cerebral arterial thrombosis associated with the nephrotic syndrome is an uncommon yet treatable cause of stroke syndrome in children. We report 2 children, 1 with congenital nephrotic syndrome and the other with minimal change nephrotic syndrome, who developed cerebral arterial thrombosis. The complication was fatal in 1 patient.
Igarashi
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
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Stapleton
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed