Neonatal hypoglycemic brain injury - A common cause of infantile-onset remote symptomatic epilepsy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Udani, V ^a   Munot, P ^a   Ursekar, M ^a   Gupta, S ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Etiology; Hypoglycemia; Infant; Seizure

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSTONIA; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANTILE SPASM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEONATAL HYPOGLYCEMIC BRAIN INJURY; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SKULL; SPASTICITY; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60849084455     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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