Common Causes of Uncommon Seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-87

  El Bitar, Mohamad K ^a   Boustany, Rose Mary N ^a,b  

^a Pediatric Epilepsy Program   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; DIAZEPAM; LIDOCAINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; THEOPHYLLINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ASTHMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; INFLUENZA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; METRONIDAZOLE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES; THEOPHYLLINE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 67649611178     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.04.011     Document Type: Review

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