"We've seen this increase in stroke risk from infection in adults, but until now, an association has not been studied in children," commented study author Dr. Heather Fullerton, director of the University of California-San Francisco Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Center.
Date: May 07, 2015
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Common Infections Tied to Some Stroke Risk in Kids
These findings suggest that infection has a powerful but short-lived effect on stroke risk, says senior author Heather Fullerton, MD, a pediatric vascular neurologist and medical director of the Pediatric Brain Center at UCSF Benioff Childrens Hospital San Francisco. Weve seen this increase in
Date: Aug 21, 2014
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Common cold may temporarily increase stroke risk in kids
Senior author Heather Fullerton, MD, a pediatric vascular neurologist and medical director of the Pediatric Brain Center at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, said that these findings suggested that infection had a powerful but short-lived effect on stroke risk.
Date: Aug 21, 2014
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Study Ties Colds, Flu to Rare Risk of Stroke in Kids
Just five out of 100,000 children a year have a stroke in the United States, said Dr. Heather Fullerton, lead author of the study and a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital. "It seems infections play a role in causing a stroSOURCES: Heather Fullerton, M.D., pediatric vascular neurologist, professor, department of neurology and pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital; Lars Marquardt, M.D., professor, surgery, department of neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Aug.
For comparison, those 4-week rates were well above the annual rate in the general population for children (2.5 per 100,000) and for young adults (on the order of 10 per 100,000), noted co-author Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS, also of UCSF.
Pediatric strokes are rare, affecting about five out of every 100,000, for about 5,000 pediatric strokes a year in the USA, says co-author Heather Fullerton, a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego. About half of these strokes are caused by blood clots, the
Date: Feb 12, 2014
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Infections Like Colds, Chickenpox Tied to Some Stroke Risk in Kids
Children whod had a stroke were most likely to have had a recent infection compared to controls [children without stroke], said Dr. Heather Fullerton, an author involved with three studies. There was a particularly strong association for an infection in the week before a stroke, almost a sevenfo