Ictal electroencephalographic findings of neonatal seizures in preterm infants

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-268

  Okumura, Akihisa ^a,b   Hayakawa, Fumio ^c,d   Kato, Toru ^c,d   Itomi, Kazuya ^d   Maruyama, Koichi ^d   Kubota, Tetsuo ^d   Suzuki, Motomasa ^c,d   Kidokoro, Hiroyuki ^d   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^e  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^d ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ictal electroencephalogram; Neonatal seizure; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREMATURITY; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

APNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40249094527     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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