A retrospective population-based study on seizures related to childhood vaccination

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1506-1512

  Von Spiczak, Sarah ^a   Helbig, Ingo ^a   Drechsel Baeuerle, Ursula ^b   Muhle, Hiltrud ^a   Van Baalen, Andreas ^a   Van Kempen, Marjan J ^c   Lindhout, Dick ^c   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^d   Berkovic, Samuel F ^d   Stephani, Ulrich ^a   Keller Stanislawski, Brigitte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dravet syndrome; Epilepsy; Seizure; Vaccination; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD VACCINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTONIC HYPORESPONSIVE EPISODE; INFANT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SYNCOPE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; VACCINATION; WEST SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; VACCINATION;

EID: 79960921030     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03134.x     Document Type: Article

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