Symptomatic neonatal seizures followed by febrile status epilepticus: The two-hit hypothesis for the subsequent development of epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 615-618

  Spagnoli, Carlotta ^a   Cilio, Maria Roberta ^b   Pavlidis, Elena ^a   Pisani, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

febrile status epilepticus; neonatal seizures; postneonatal epilepsy; preterm birth; two hit hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGGRESSION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEBRILE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE;

BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84925623440     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073814533004     Document Type: Article

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