Moraitis, E;
Ganesan, V;
(2014)
Childhood infections and trauma as risk factors for stroke.
Current Cardiology Reports
, 16
(9)
, Article 527. 10.1007/s11886-014-0527-y.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Childhood infections and trauma as risk factors for stroke |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11886-014-0527-y |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11886-014-0527-y |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Brain Injuries, Brain Ischemia, Child, Communicable Diseases, Craniocerebral Trauma, Humans, Neck Injuries, Risk Factors, Stroke |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1459882 |
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