Infantile convulsions with mild gastroenteritis: A retrospective study of 25 patients

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-278

  Dura Trave T ^a   Yoldi Petri, M E ^a   Gallinas Victoriano, F ^a   Molins Castiella, T ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infantile convulsions; Mild gastroenteritis; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 78751486400     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03120.x     Document Type: Article

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