Paroxysmal events in infants: Persistent eye closure makes seizures unlikely

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Korff, Christian M ^a   Nordli Jr , Douglas R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyes; Infants; Paroxysmal events; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EYELID CLOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES;

EID: 33644683514     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0632     Document Type: Article

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