Outcome following neonatal seizures

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 224-232

  Uria Avellanal, Cristina ^a,b   Marlow, Neil ^a,b   Rennie, Janet M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Napolitano and Prof David)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant; Neonatal seizures; Outcome; Preterm; Term

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFANTILE SPASM; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

INFANT; NEONATAL SEIZURES; OUTCOME; PRETERM; TERM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84880646653     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2013.01.002     Document Type: Review

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