Prenatal exposure to maternal infections and epilepsy in childhood: A population-based cohort study

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sun, Yuelian ^a,b   Vestergaard, Mogens ^a   Christensen, Jakob ^c   Nahmias, André J ^d   Olsen, Jørn ^a,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epilepsy; Etiology; Infection; Pregnancy; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES LABIALIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL INFECTION; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RISK; VAGINITIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44449157325     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2316     Document Type: Article

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