An epidemiological study of children with status epilepticus in Okayama, Japan

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1133-1137

  Nishiyama, Itsuko ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a   Tsuda, Toshihide ^b   Inoue, Hideo ^c   Kunitomi, Taiji ^d   Shiraga, Hiroshi ^e   Kimura, Takafumi ^f   Fujimoto, Kiyoshi ^g  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^g Okayama Citizens Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual incidence; Children; Epidemiology; Japan; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 34249802617     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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