Ictal electrocardiographic changes in children presenting with seizures

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-31

  Işík, Uǧur ^a   Ayabakan, Canan ^b   Tokel, Kürşat ^b   Özek, Memet M ^c  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

children; electrocardiogram; epilepsy; seizure

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; TACHYCARDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857197446     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03453.x     Document Type: Article

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