Seizures and status epilepticus in childhood cerebral malaria

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 591-597

  Crawley, J ^a,b,f   Smith, S ^c   Kirkham, F ^d   Muthinji, P ^e   Waruiru, C ^a   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KEMRI Clinical Research Centre   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0029766563     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.8.591     Document Type: Article

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