Do retinal haemorrhages occur in infants with convulsions?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 873-875

  Curcoy, Ana Isabel ^a   Trenchs, V ^a   Morales, M ^a   Serra, A ^a   Pineda, M ^a   Pou, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURES; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 70350440281     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.132522     Document Type: Article

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