Benign convulsions associated with mild gastroenteritis: A multicenter clinical study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 107-114

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Nanni, Giuliana ^a   Agostinelli, Sergio ^a   Parisi, Pasquale ^b   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^c   Beccaria, Francesca ^c   Iannetti, Paola ^d   Spalice, Alberto ^d   Coppola, Giangennaro ^e   Franzoni, Emilio ^f   Gentile, Valentina ^f   Casellato, Susanna ^g   Veggiotti, Pierangelo ^h   Malgesini, Sara ^h   Crichiutti, Giovanni ⁱ   Balestri, Paolo ^j   Grosso, Salvatore ^j   Zamponi, Nelia ^k   Incorpora, Gemma ^l   Savasta, Salvatore ^m   Costa, Paola ⁿ   Pruna, Dario ^o   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^h C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^l Department of Pediatrics   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁿ INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^o DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Afebrile seizures; Antiepileptic drugs; Gastroenteritis; Ictal EEG; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CONVULSION ASSOCIATED WITH MILD GASTROENTERITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; ITALY; MALE; SEIZURES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 79251617942     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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