Cerebrovascular disorders in children with the factor V Leiden mutation.

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Since 1995, at least 128 children with a cerebrovascular disorder, cerebral palsy, or both and the factor V Leiden mutation have been reported. The majority of these strokes were in the first year of life, many of them in the perinatal period. Two thirds had an additional exogenous risk factor for thrombosis, and 42% had another recognized endogenous prothrombotic risk factor in combination with the mutation. We...

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