Epilepsy in children with delayed presentation of perinatal stroke

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1274-1280

  Fitzgerald, Karima C ^a   Williams, Linda S ^a,b,c   Garg, Bhuwan P ^a   Golomb, Meredith R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Infantile spasms; Perinatal; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; STROKE;

EID: 36248941873     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807307106     Document Type: Article

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