Neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonates with seizures: A numerical score of background encephalography to help prognosticate

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 961-968

  Nagarajan, Lakshmi ^a,b   Palumbo, Linda ^a   Ghosh, Soumya ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

electroencephalography (EEG) background; neonatal seizures; neurodevelopmental outcomes; numerical score

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954715144     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809355825     Document Type: Article

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