University of Tartu Reports Findings in Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction (Vascular syndrome predicts the development and course of epilepsy after perinatal stroke).

A recent study conducted by the University of Tartu in Estonia examined the risk of epilepsy in children who experienced perinatal stroke. The study included 39 children with perinatal arterial ischemic stroke and 44 children with presumed perinatal venous infarction. The researchers found that the probability of developing epilepsy was higher in children with proximal or distal M1 middle cerebral artery occlusion compared to those with periventricular venous infarction. Additionally, children with periventricular venous infarction had a more severe course of epilepsy. The study emphasizes the importance of classifying the vascular syndrome of perinatal stroke and providing targeted follow-up for epilepsy until young adulthood. [Extracted from the article]