Abstract
Ischaemic stroke is a recognized complication of chickenpox. Seven cases of ischaemic stroke in children after recent varicella infection are discussed in detail to emphasise that there are several mechanisms by which this may arise.
Publication types
-
Case Reports
-
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
-
Cerebral Infarction / blood
-
Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
-
Chickenpox / complications*
-
Child
-
Child, Preschool
-
Female
-
Hemiplegia / blood
-
Hemiplegia / etiology
-
Humans
-
Infant
-
Male
-
Protein S / analysis
-
Retrospective Studies