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Table 1 General characteristics and clinical characteristics of the 109 cases

From: Childhood ischaemic stroke in the basal ganglia can lead to fine motor and anxiety disorders: a retrospective analysis and follow-up of 109 cases

General characteristics

Total, n = 109

 Male sex, n (%)

64 (58.7)

 Female, n (%)

45 (41.3)

Onset age, median (range)

4 years (1 month 17 days to 14 years)

 Infant, n (%)

17 (15.6)

 1–3 years, n (%)

45 (41.3)

 4–6 years, n (%)

23 (21.1)

 7–15 years, n (%)

24 (22)

 Follow-up, median (range)

6.5 years (1 to 15 years)

Sub-type, n (%)

 Caudate head

38 (34.9)

 Thalamus

21 (19.2)

 Lenticular nucleus

50 (45.9)

Symptom, n (%)

 Hemiplegia

107 (98.2)

 Facioplegia

46 (42.2)

 Aphasia

27 (24.8)

 Seizures

18 (16.5)

 Headache/vomiting

9 (8.3)

Aetiology, n (%)

 Mild trauma

53 (48.6)

 Bilateral basal ganglia calcification

21 (19.3)

 Increased homocysteine

8 (7.3)

 Vasculitis

4 (3.7)

 Infection

4 (3.7)

 Congenital vascular malformation

5 (4.6)

 Cardiac disease

5 (4.6)

 Cardiac interventional surgery

2 (1.8)

 Atrial myxoma

2 (1.8)

 Tetralogy of Fallot

1 (0.9)

 Unknown

17 (15.6)