Research Paper: The newborn with seizures - A follow-up study

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 749-752

  Iype, Mary ^a,b   Prasad, Maya ^a   Nair, P M C ^a   Geetha, S ^a   Kailas, Lalitha ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b TC 4/2559 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Neonate; Neurodevelopment; Prognosis; Seizures; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; INDIA; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 51349132462     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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