Incidence of neonatal seizures in Harris County, Texas, 1992-1994

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 763-769

  Saliba, Rima M ^a   Annegers, J Fred ^a   Waller, D Kim ^a   Tyson, Jon E ^a,b   Mizrahi, Eli M ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Incidence; Infant, very low birth weight; Neonatal diseases and abnormalities; Seizures

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONVULSION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HARRIS COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033214109     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010079     Document Type: Article

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