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Sound familiar?
"Why is your son limping? Did he hurt his leg?" "No, he's partially paralyzed on his right side because he had a stroke at birth." "I thought that only old people have strokes. Can a baby have a stroke?" "Yes." |
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Hemiplegia due to Stroke Support Group for families of infant and childhood unilateral (one side) stroke survivors who have hemiplegia NEW Help CHASA Stop Stroke in Children by donating funds for research. CHASA Research Awards are presented to institutions or organizations on behalf of a principal investigator in support of pilot studies in infant or childhood stroke/hemiplegia research. NEW Make a donation to the CHASA Infant and Childhood Stroke Research fund. |
Childhood Stroke Awareness Day NEW CHILDHOOD STROKE AWARENESS T-SHIRTS AND PRODUCTS - sales benefit CHASA Infant and Childhood Stroke Research Fund NEW Visit the Childhood Stroke Awareness Campaign Website This KidsHaveStrokes.org website is sponsored by the Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association, CHASA |
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NEW Infant and Childhood Stroke Fact Sheet - updated April 2008 Recent Journal Abstracts Relating to Stroke in Infants or Children Abstracts
from the International Stroke Conference Ischemic perinatal stroke: summary of a workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Sept. 2007, Maryland Prothrombotic risk factors in the evaluation and management of perinatal stroke August 2007, Boston Risk factors for perinatal arterial stroke: a study of 60 mother-child pairs August 2007, California Risk of recurrent childhood arterial ischemic stroke in a population-based cohort: the importance of cerebrovascular imaging March, 2007, San Francisco Perinatal ischemic stroke, Feb. 2007, NINDS, Maryland Modified constraint-induced movement therapy after childhood stroke, Jan. 2007, London Thrombophilias, perinatal stroke, and cerebral palsy Dec. 2006, NINDS, Maryland Diagnostic pitfalls in pediatric ischemic stroke Dec., 2006, the Netherlands Quantified Corticospinal Tract Diffusion Restriction Predicts Neonatal Stroke Outcome Mode of onset predicts etiological diagnosis of arterial ischemic stroke in children Cerebral palsy secondary to perinatal ischemic stroke Recognizing Strokes in Children video, produced by the Keeping Kids Healthy TV Show. Recognizing strokes right away – and knowing what to do about them – is crucial in limiting the damage they can do to the rest of a child’s life. Would you recognize the signs of a stroke in your child? Watch the video. |
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| This website offers information on Prenatal Stroke, Infant Stroke, Perinatal Stroke, Neonatal Stroke, In Utero Stroke, Fetal Stroke, Stroke in Children, and Young Adult Stroke | |
| Site sponsored by the Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association. Visit CHASA to learn more about hemiplegia, hemiparesis, and hemiplegic cerebral palsy - weakness on one side of the body. This is often the result of a prenatal stroke, in utero stroke, or stroke in a child. |
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