Clinical Associations with Lenticulostriatal Vasculopathy (LSV) at Birth: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the clinical characteristics associated with the presence of LSV at birth.

Design

Prospective 1:1 case-control study.

Setting

Two tertiary neonatal units in Athens, Greece.

Patients

Premature neonates (≤36 weeks gestational age) who underwent cerebral ultrasound within the first 3 weeks of life, where LSV was detected.

Main outcome measure

Associations between LSV and clinical characteristics at birth. Both unmatched and matched analyses stratifying the study population by gestational week were conducted. Two-sided p-values were computed using the likelihood ratio test.

Results

This study included 166 participants (83 cases and 83 controls). Neonates with LSV exhibited more concurrent cerebral findings, notably peri

SUBMITTER: Kyriakopoulou A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11853899 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature