Rice G P, Ebers G C, Bondar R L, Boughner D R
Dev Med Child Neurol. 1981 Jun;23(3):352-6.
For a large proportion of children suffering a stroke, no specific cause can be found. Two cases with infantile hemiplegia are reported who subsequently were found to have mitral valve prolapse, which occurred as a familial trait in both cases. An association between stroke in childhood and mitral valve prolapse is suggested.
