SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: December 1, 2009
EXCERPT: "Research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood reports that despite steady falls since the 1960s, death rates from childhood stroke remain significantly higher in boys than in girls.
Although stroke is popularly believed to affect only elderly adults, stroke is among the top ten causes of death among infants and children." more
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
Mallick AA, Ganesan V, O'Callaghan FJ. Mortality from childhood stroke in England and Wales, 1921-2000. Arch Dis Child. 2010 Jan;95(1):12-9.
DATE: December 1, 2009
EXCERPT: "Research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood reports that despite steady falls since the 1960s, death rates from childhood stroke remain significantly higher in boys than in girls.
Although stroke is popularly believed to affect only elderly adults, stroke is among the top ten causes of death among infants and children." more
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
Mallick AA, Ganesan V, O'Callaghan FJ. Mortality from childhood stroke in England and Wales, 1921-2000. Arch Dis Child. 2010 Jan;95(1):12-9.
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