The management of immediate post-traumatic seizures in children following minor head injury - Time for a multicentre study?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 670-673

  Mandal, K ^a   West, C G H ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immediate PTS; Minor head injury; Post traumatic seizure (PTS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 0035198852     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-001-0520-9     Document Type: Article

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