Risk factors for postencephalitic epilepsy in children: A hospital-based study in Taiwan

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 302-309

  Lee, Wang Tso ^a   Yu, Tsui Wen ^a   Chang, Wen Cheng ^a   Shau, Wen Yi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barbiturate coma; Catastrophic encephalitis; Children; Encephalitis; Postencephalitic epilepsy; Refractory status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547556734     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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