Journal article
A 9-Year-Old Boy with a History of Large Perinatal Stroke, Infantile Spasms, and High Academic Achievement
Journal of child neurology, v 20(5), pp 444-446
01 May 2005
PMID: 15968931
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Abstract
The prognosis for intellectual development in children with symptomatic infantile spasms is usually poor. We report a 9-year-old boy with a history of a large, presumed perinatal, left middle cerebral artery infarct discovered when he developed infantile spasms at 6 months of age. The infantile spasms responded to treatment with adrenocorticotropic hormone. He attained cognitive mile-stones at normal times, requiring only speech therapy for dysarthric speech. At 9 years of age, he has seizures and a severe right hemiparesis but is an articulate honor roll student in advanced English classes. The development of infantile spasms after large-branch middle cerebral artery stroke does not always predict future mental retardation. (J Child Neurol 2005;20:444—446).
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- Title
- A 9-Year-Old Boy with a History of Large Perinatal Stroke, Infantile Spasms, and High Academic Achievement
- Creators
- Meredith R. Golomb - Riley Hospital for ChildrenKaren S. Carvalho - Riley Hospital for ChildrenBhuwan P. Garg - Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- Publication Details
- Journal of child neurology, v 20(5), pp 444-446
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000229575900011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-21044447405
- Other Identifier
- 991021448171404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Pediatrics