MRI abnormalities following febrile status epilepticus in children: The FEBSTAT study

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 871-877

  Shinnar, Shlomo ^a   Bello, Jacqueline A ^a   Chan, Stephen ^b   Hesdorffer, Dale C ^b   Lewis, Darrell V ^c   MacFall, James ^c   Pellock, John M ^d   Nordli, Douglas R ^e   Frank, L Matthew ^f   Moshe, Solomon L ^a   Gomes, William ^a   Shinnar, Ruth C ^a   Sun, Shumei ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84866060274     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318266fcc5     Document Type: Article

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