Benign convulsions in newborns and infants: Occurrence, clinical course and prognosis

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-73

  Hrastovec, A ^a   Hostnik, T ^a   Neubauer, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Benign infantile familial convulsions; Benign myoclonus of early infancy; Benign partial epilepsy in infancy; Benign sleep myoclonus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, BENIGN NEONATAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84655161482     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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