Pediatric convulsive status epilepticus in Honduras, Central America

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2314-2319

  Molinero, Marco R ^a   Holden, Kenton R ^b,c   Rodriguez, Luis C ^a   Collins, Julianne S ^b   Samra, Jose A ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^d  

^a Hospital Escuela Materno Infantil   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing country; Epidemiology; Honduras; Low resource; Pediatric epilepsy; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 70349305534     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02266.x     Document Type: Article

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