Key result
Idiopathic neonatal cerebral infarctions presented with seizures in the first 24 hours of life in two full-term newborns without predisposing problems, with one suggesting an embolic cause.
Population
2 full-term newborns with no predisposing problems who had unequivocal left cerebral infarctions associated…
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Raises awareness for idiopathic neonatal stroke in term infants with early seizures; case reports leave etiology and incidence open.
Neonatal cerebral infarction can occur in full-term newborns without predisposing risk factors, presenting with seizures in the first 24 hours of life.
John F. Mantovani (1984) studied this question. Idiopathic neonatal cerebral infarctions presented with seizures in the first 24 hours of life in two full-term newborns without predisposing problems, with one suggesting an embolic cause.
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