Early post-traumatic seizures in moderate to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury: Rates, risk factors, and clinical features

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 755-762

  Liesemer, Kate ^a   Bratton, Susan L ^a   Zebrack, C Michelle ^b   Brockmeyer, Douglas ^a   Statler, Kimberly D ^a  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scanning; epilepsy; pediatric brain injury; secondary insult

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955960996     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1518     Document Type: Article

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