title: Neonatal stroke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this manuscript is to review various clinical and neuroimaging features of vascular pathology in the fetus and neonate.
  
  
  METHODS
  A PubMed search of literature from 1978 to 2007 was performed using key search terms. Scientific papers pertinent to fetal and neonatal strokes were included and analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis of the multiple causes of fetal and neonatal vascular compromise including maternal, placental, infectious, metabolic/prothrombotic, traumatic and cardiac factors, current therapy and outcome data, is presented and discussed throughout the length of the paper.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With increasing vigilance among physicians and improved neuroimaging modalities, the diagnosis of neonatal stroke is now made earlier, with increasing frequency and greater accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA. rrielr@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Rosario Maria S
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Riel-Romero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods