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Minoli Amit, MD; Peter R. Camfield, MD

Arch Neurol. 1980;37(2):109-110.

Abstract
• A child had neonatal polycythemia, severe seizures beginning at 6 weeks of age, and a computerized tomography scan showing multiple cerebral infarcts. Follow-up showed substantial developmental delay with spastic quadriplegia. This case illustrates that neonatal polycythemia is a rare but preventable cause of multiple cerebral infarctions, subsequent seizures, and developmental delay.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, I. W. Killam Hospital for Children and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 20, 1979.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, I. W. Killam Hospital for Children, PO Box 070, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3G9, Canada (Dr Camfield).

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