Prolonged recovery of consciousness in children following symptomatic epileptic seizures

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-183

  McKenny Fick, N M ^a   Ferrie, C D ^b   Livingston, J H ^b   Taylor, J C ^c   Allen, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Post ictal; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MEFENAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61749083822     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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