Hyponatremic seizures in infancy: Association with retinal hemorrhages and physical child abuse?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 432-434

  Krugman, Scott D ^a   Zorc, Joseph J ^b   Walker, Allen R ^c  

^a Franklin Square Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Hyponatremia; Retinal hemorrhages; Seizures; Shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; WATER INTOXICATION;

CHILD ABUSE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; MALE; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0033634933     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200012000-00016     Document Type: Article

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