Evaluation of acute hemiplegia in Egyptian children /
تقييم الشلل النصفى الحاد فى الاطفال المصريين
Wafaa Said Elsherbini ; Supervised Mervat Elsayed Haroun , Tarek Faiez Ali , Marian Yousry Fahmy
- Cairo : Wafaa Said Elsherbini , 2010
- 106P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
Acute hemiplegia in childhood may be the presenting sign of stroke intracranial haemorrhages tumors infection and migraine or may occur after a seizure (todd's paralysis). The pediatric causes of stroke are very different from adult causes and include : cerebral vascular malformations intracranial infection coagulopathies vasculitides congenital and acquired heart disesa as well as immunological and metabolic disorders