Postterm delivery and risk for epilepsy in childhood

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Ehrenstein, Vera ^a,b   Pedersen, Lars ^b   Holsteen, Vibeke ^c   Larsen, Helle ^c   Rothman, Kenneth J ^a   Sørensen, Henrik T ^a,b  

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

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Postterm delivery; Prolonged pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DENMARK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947096363     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1308     Document Type: Article

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