Risk factors of infantile spasms compared with other seizures in children under 2 years of age

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 362-366

  Rantala, Heikki ^a   Shields, W Donald ^b   Christenson, Peter D ^b   Nielsen, Claus ^b   Buch, Dorte ^b   Jacobsen, Vibeke ^b   Zachau Christiansen, Bengt ^b   Uhari, Matti ^b   Cherry, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Genetics; Infancy; Infantile spasms; Other epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0029875394     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00572.x     Document Type: Article

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