Neonatal seizures triple the risk of a remote seizure after perinatal ischemic stroke

Objectives:

To determine incidence rates and risk factors of remote seizure after perinatal arterial ischemic stroke.

Methods:

We retrospectively identified a population-based cohort of children with perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (presenting acutely or in a delayed fashion) from a large Northern Californian integrated health care system. We determined incidence and predictors of a remote seizure (unprovoked seizure after...