Purpose—Much has transpired since the last scientific statement on pediatric stroke was
published 10 years ago. Although stroke has long been recognized as an adult health …

Perinatal stroke encompasses a heterogeneous group of focal neurological injuries early in
brain development that probably affects more than 5 million people worldwide. Many such …

Perinatal strokes are a diverse but specific group of focal cerebrovascular injuries that occur
early in brain development and affect an estimated 5 million people worldwide. The …

Neonatal encephalopathy is a clinical syndrome of neurologic dysfunction that
encompasses a broad spectrum of symptoms and severity, from mild irritability and feeding …

Though rare, stroke in infants and children is an important cause of mortality and chronic
morbidity in the pediatric population. Neuroimaging advances and implementation of …

With a birth-prevalence of 37–67/100,000 (mostly term-born), perinatal stroke encompasses
distinct disease-states with diverse causality, mechanism, time of onset, mode of …

Thrombosis in neonates is gaining increased awareness recently, due to improved
diagnostic methods and improved survival of young and sick newborns. This review will …

Importance Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS) is a focal brain injury in term neonates
that is identified postnatally but is presumed to occur near the time of birth. Many pregnancy …

Perinatal stroke is a focal vascular brain injury that occurs from the fetal period to 28 days of
postnatal age. With an overall incidence of up to 1 in 1,000 live births, the most focused …

Studies from the past 50 years have contributed to the expanding knowledge regarding
developmental hemostasis. This is a dynamic process that begins in the fetal phase and is …