Clinical Associations with Lenticulostriatal Vasculopathy (LSV) at Birth: A Case-Control Study.

Aikaterini Kyriakopoulou¹, Kyriakos Samikos², Aikaterini Kanavaki², Efthymia Alexopoulou³, Maria Argyropoulou⁴, Theodora Psaltopoulou⁵, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein⁶, Argyrios Dinopoulos¹, Melpomene Giorgi¹, Anastasia Antoniadou⁷, Iliani Filippa², Nikolaos Siafakas⁸, Stylianos Serghiou⁹, Vassiliki Papaevangelou¹

¹Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 124 62 Athens, Greece.

²Iaso Maternity Hospital, 151 23 Athens, Greece.

³2nd Department of Radiology, General University Hospital Attikon, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 124 62 Athens, Greece.

⁴Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 455 00 Ioannina, Greece.

⁵Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece.

⁶Diabetes Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, First Department of Pediatrics, Agia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece.

⁷Fourth Department of Medicine, Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 124 62 Athens, Greece.

⁸Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon General University Hospital, 124 62 Athens, Greece.

⁹Prolaio, Inc., Chicago, IL 60606, USA.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical characteristics associated with the presence of LSV at birth. DESIGN: Prospective 1:1 case-control study. SETTING: Two tertiary neonatal units in Athens, Greece. PATIENTS: Premature neonates (≤36 weeks gestational age) who underwent cerebral ultrasound within the first 3 weeks of life, where LSV was detected. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Associations between LSV…

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