title: Neurological outcome and risk of recurrence depending on the anterior vs. posterior arterial distribution in children with stroke.
abstract: We report the outcome of 46 previously healthy children with arterial ischemic stroke. After a mean follow-up of 26 months, five (11%) children suffered a recurrence and 28 (61%) were left with sequelae. The prevalence and the severity of the sequelae were similar irrespective of whether the localization of the accident was anterior or posterior. However, a recurrence was significantly more frequent in the posterior than in the anterior group (4/14 vs. 1/32; p=0.025). These observations may lead to the establishment of therapeutic guidelines according to the localization of the infarct.
authors.affiliation: Hospices civils de Lyon, Service de neuropédiatrie, Hôpital femme-mère-enfant, Bron, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Touré
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chabrier
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Plagne
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Presles
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: des Portes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rousselle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020771:Anterior Cerebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D020769:Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*