Stimulus-induced seizure in sick neonates - Novel observations with potential clinical implications

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 308-311

  Takenouchi, Toshiki ^a   Yap, Vivien L ^a   Engel, Murray ^a   Perlman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonates; Stimulus induced seizures; Video electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STIMULUS; STROKE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STROKE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 75649127982     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02288.x     Document Type: Article

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