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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 78:F121-F124 doi:10.1136/fn.78.2.F121
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Factor V Leiden and genetic defects of thrombophilia in childhood porencephaly

Table 1

Sex, age at onset, initial symptoms, cystic location, genetic risk factors, age at final diagnosis, outcome and family history in children with porencephaly

Sex Onset Initial symptoms Porencephalic location Genetic risk factor Age at final diagnosis Outcome Family history
M 1 day Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery F V Leiden 2 years Lennox +
/ Lp (a): 120 mg/dl
M 6 weeks Seizures L middle cerebral artery F V Leiden 4 years Lennox
M Birth Focal seizures R middle cerebral artery Protein S type I 4 weeks Blindness death +
free ag: 8%; total: 10%
F Birth Hypotonia seizures L middle cerebral artery Protein C type I S years Lennox
ac: 25%; ag 20%
M 3 years Macrocephaly R middle cerebral artery Lp (a): 60 mg/dl 16 years L hemiparesis
L hemiparesis R posterior artery
M 8 weeks Hypotonia seizures R/L middle cerebral artery Lp (a): 70 mg/dl 7 years Tetraparesis/ retardation
M 8 weeks Seizures R middle cerebral artery Protein C type I 15 years L hemiparesis
ac: 40%; ag 45%
M 8 weeks Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery 14 years L hemiparesis
M 5 months Seizures R middle cerebral artery F V Leiden 18 years L hemiparesis +
L hemiparesis Lp (a): 145 mg/dl
M Birth Seizures L middle cerebral artery F V Leiden 3 years R hemiparesis +
L posterior artery Protein S type I Severe retardation
free ag: 15%, total: 20%
F 2 years Seizures L middle cerebral artery Protein C type I 4 years No handicap
ac: 22%; ag: 30%
M 4 weeks Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery F V Leiden 8 years R hemiparesis
M 6 weeks Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery 10 years R hemiparesis: mild
F 3 months Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery Lp (a): 90 mg/dl 16 years R hemiparesis: mild
M 4 months L hemiparesis R middle cerebral artery 6 years L hemiparesis
Seizures
M 4 months R hemiparesis L middle cerebral artery 10 years R hemiparesis: mild
L posterior artery
F 5 months Tetraparesis R/L middle cerebral artery F V Leiden 5 years Tetraparesis
Seizures Blindness/retardation
F 3 months Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery Protein C type I 2 years R hemiparesis +
L anterior artery ac: 15%; ag: 22% Retardation
F 8 weeks Macrocephaly L posterior artery 13 years No handicap
Seizures
F Birth Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery Protein C type I 12 years R hemiparesis
ac: 51%; ag: 50% Retardation
M 4 months R hemiparesis L middle cerebral artery 4 years R hemiparesis
Seizures Retardation
M 3 months Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery 18 years R hemiparesis
Blindness
Retardation
F Birth Focal seizures L middle cerebral artery Protein C type I 4 years R hemiparesis
ac: 22%; ag 20%
F 4 months Seizures L middle cerebral artery 14 years R hemiparesis
R hemiparesis Retardation
  • M=male; F=female; L=left; R=right; Lp (a)=lipoprotein (a); ac=activity; ag: antigen.

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