Rotavirus Gastroenteritis and Seizures in Young Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 404-408

  Lloyd, Michael B ^a   Lloyd, Jenifer C ^a   Gesteland, Per H ^a   Bale Jr , James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; UTAH;

EID: 77952110365     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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