New-onset afebrile seizures in infants: Role of neuroimaging

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-156

  Hsieh, D T ^a,b   Chang, T ^a   Tsuchida, T N ^a   Vezina, L G ^a   Vanderver, A ^a   Siedel, J ^a   Brown, K ^a   Berl, M M ^a   Stephens, S ^a   Zeitchick, A ^a   Gaillard, W D ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL DYSGENESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 75649118250     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c91847     Document Type: Article

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