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. 1988 Jan;63(1):68–69. doi: 10.1136/adc.63.1.68

Spastic hemiparesis and presumed prenatal embolisation.

A A Asindi 1, J B Stephenson 1, D G Young 1
PMCID: PMC1779330  PMID: 3348652

Abstract

An infant with clinical evidence of prenatal right subclavian arterial occlusion subsequently developed left hemiparesis with cystic infarction of the territory of the right middle cerebral artery. Perinatal strokes have not been reported with signs of limb ischaemia at birth; this finding may be a warning of possible simultaneous cerebral infarction.

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