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

Kusa K.; Rozsival P.; Melek J.; Lukeš A.; Štefáčková Š.; Albahri Z.

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

Kusa K., Rozsival P., Melek J., Lukeš A., Štefáčková Š., Albahri Z.

Published in American Journal of Pediatrics (Volume 3, Issue 1)

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
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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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. (2017). A Case of a Child with Stroke and Severe Hypertension Due to Vasculopathy in Neurofibromatosis Type I. American Journal of Pediatrics, 3(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajp.20170301.11

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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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Kusa K.

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Rozsival P.

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Melek J.

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Lukeš A.
Štefáčková Š.
Albahri Z.

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

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

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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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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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