Time Interval From a Brain Insult to the Onset of Infantile Spasms

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-37

  Guggenheim, Mary Anne ^a   Frost Jr , James D ^b   Hrachovy, Richard A ^b,c  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; MENINGITIS; NEAR DROWNING; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36549014101     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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