作者
Eugenio Mercuri, Mary Rutherford, Frances Cowan, Jackie Pennock, Serena Counsell, Maria Papadimitriou, Denis Azzopardi, Graeme Bydder, Lilly Dubowitz
发表日期
1999/1/1
期刊
Pediatrics
卷号
103
期号
1
页码范围
39-46
出版商
American Academy of Pediatrics
简介
Objective
The aim of this study was to identify prognostic factors in newborns with cerebral infarction.
Design
Antenatal and perinatal factors and early clinical, electroencephalogram (EEG), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were compared with neurodevelopmental outcome in 24 children with evidence of cerebral infarction on neonatal MRI.
Results
Out of 24 infants, 19 had an infarction in the territory of a major cerebral vessel and 5 in the borderzone between cerebral arteries. Neuromotor outcome was normal in 17 and abnormal in 7 infants. Of these 7 infants, 5 infants showed a definite hemiplegia, whereas the other 2 showed some asymmetry of tone or function but no definite hemiplegia.
None of the adverse antenatal or perinatal factors was significantly associated with abnormal outcome. Neonatal clinical examination was also not …
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