Stroke in the fetus and neonate.

摘要: Multiple patterns of focal ischemic injury in the fetal and perinatal brain are now recognized as important causes neurological disability children. Strokes may be arterial or venous, symptomatic subclinical, can occur across multiple timeframes. Establishing importance an increasing number potential risk factors translating that knowledge into improved understanding pathophysiology major challenges. Advanced neuroimaging has facilitated increased recognition stroke plasticity mechanisms developing brain. Better outcome prediction will assist patient selection for advancing neuroprotective strategies to reduce cerebral palsy other adverse outcomes suffered by most