Incidence and outcome of convulsive status epilepticus in Kenyan children: a cohort study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-150

  Sadarangani, Manish ^a   Seaton, Claire ^a   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,b   Ogutu, Bernhards ^a   Edwards, Tansy ^c   Prins, Agnes ^d   Gatakaa, Hellen ^a   Idro, Richard ^a   Berkley, James A ^a   Peshu, Norbert ^a   Neville, Brian G ^e   Newton, Charles R ^a,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CONVULSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; KENYA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349052780     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70331-9     Document Type: Article

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