Role of electroencephalogram and neuroimaging in first onset afebrile and complex febrile seizures in children from Kashmir

Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-15

  Rasool, Akhter ^a   Choh, Suhil A ^a   Wani, Nisar A ^a   Mushtaq Ahmad, S ^a   Iqbal, Qazi ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Encephalomalacia; neuroimaging; seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865599338     PISSN: 18171745     EISSN: 19983948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.97611     Document Type: Article

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