Prevalence and Predictors of Long-Term Functional Impairment, Epilepsy, Mortality, and Stroke Recurrence after Childhood Stroke: A Prospective Study of a Chilean Cohort

The prevalence of long-term adverse outcomes after childhood stroke is high and does not differ from other geographical and racial groups. Younger age, acute seizures, and arteriopathies but not sex and other underlying conditions predict adverse outcome following childhood stroke.