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Published on: April 21, 2017
Childhood infections and trauma as risk factors for stroke
Elena Moraitis1, Vijeya Ganesan
1Rheumatology/Infectious Diseases and Immunity Unit UCL Institute of Child Health and Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK, elena.moraitis.13@ucl.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Stroke is as common as brain tumor in children. The etiology of childhood arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) appears to be multifactorial, resulting from the interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental triggers. The risk factors for AIS in children are markedly different from the atherosclerotic risk factors in adults. Trauma and infections have been identified as associations in previous studies and are exposures of particular interest because of their increased prevalence in the children. The aim of this review article is to provide an overview of the research studies that have addressed the role of infections and trauma in pediatric AIS.
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