Death, child abuse, and adverse neurological outcome of infants after an apparent life- Threatening event

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Bonkowsky, Joshua L ^a,b   Guenther, Elisabeth ^a   Filloux, Francis M ^a   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ALTE; Child abuse; CT; EEG; MRI; Seizures; SIDS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; APNEA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYANOSIS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; RISK; STATISTICS;

APNEA; CHILD ABUSE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYANOSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48249141083     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3376     Document Type: Article

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