Clinical characterization of gastroenteritis-related seizures in children: Impact of fever and serum sodium levels

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1397-1400

  Zifman, Eyal ^a   Alehan, Füsun ^b   Menascu, Shay ^a   Har Gil, Miki ^a   Miller, Peter ^a   Saygi, Semra ^b   Ozdemir, Beril ^b   Watemberg, Nathan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

gastroenteritis; hyponatremia; seizure

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SODIUM;

EID: 80455177320     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811409222     Document Type: Article

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