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Stroke risk increased after chickenpox in children
Thomas S. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;doi:10.1093/cid/cit659.
October 9, 2013
Within the first 6 months after chickenpox, there was a significant increased risk for stroke among children, according to researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
?Cases of childhood [arterial ischemic stroke] or transient ischemic attack (TIA) occurring in the months after chickenpox (primarily VZV infection) have been thought to represent a vasculitis, resulting either from direct viral invasion or as a post-infectious phenomenon,? the researchers wrote in Clinical Infectious Diseases. ?Cases of [arterial ischemic stroke] following chickenpox have also been reported in adults and the purported effect may not be restricted to children.,,?
Stroke risk increased after chickenpox in children
Thomas S. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;doi:10.1093/cid/cit659.
October 9, 2013
Within the first 6 months after chickenpox, there was a significant increased risk for stroke among children, according to researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
?Cases of childhood [arterial ischemic stroke] or transient ischemic attack (TIA) occurring in the months after chickenpox (primarily VZV infection) have been thought to represent a vasculitis, resulting either from direct viral invasion or as a post-infectious phenomenon,? the researchers wrote in Clinical Infectious Diseases. ?Cases of [arterial ischemic stroke] following chickenpox have also been reported in adults and the purported effect may not be restricted to children.,,?