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A Case of a Child with Stroke and Severe Hypertension Due to Vasculopathy in Neurofibromatosis Type I

Received: 14 September 2016     Accepted: 12 October 2016     Published: 17 March 2017
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Abstract

Ischemic stroke is an infrequent disease of pediatric patients. We report a case of 2 year old child with neurofibromatosis, who had acute hemiplegia and severe hypertension (required artery angioplasty) due to both cerebral vascular disease and renal artery stenosis.

Published in American Journal of Pediatrics (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajp.20170301.11
Page(s) 1-3
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Keywords

Neurofibromatosis, Vasculopathy, Stroke, Renovascular Stenosis

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    Kusa K., Rozsival P., Melek J., Lukeš A., Štefáčková Š., et al. A Case of a Child with Stroke and Severe Hypertension Due to Vasculopathy in Neurofibromatosis Type I. Am J Pediatr. 2017;3(1):1-3. doi: 10.11648/j.ajp.20170301.11

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  • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

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