Vascular syndrome predicts the development and course of epilepsy after perinatal stroke.

The emphasis of this study is placed on classifying the vascular syndrome of perinatal stroke and on the targeted follow-up of patients for epilepsy until young adulthood. The risk for having epilepsy after perinatal stroke is the highest in children with proximal or distal M1 middle cerebral artery occlusion. Patients with periventricular venous infarction have a more severe course of epilepsy.