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Acute Ischemic Stroke in Children

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Stroke can occur at any time during the life, but causes, clinical features, and other clinical perspectives differ depending on the patient’s age. In this chapter, I try to focus on risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and other important issues in childhood arterial ischemic stroke.

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Kwon, S. (2017). Acute Ischemic Stroke in Children. In: Park, J. (eds) Acute Ischemic Stroke. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0965-5_8

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