Epidemiology and Outcome of Convulsive Status Epilepticus

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-21-4-2

Epidemiology and Outcome of Convulsive Status Epilepticus

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 21 (2007): Issue 4

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Apr 2007

Abstract

The results of the North London Convulsive Status Epilepticus in Childhood Surveillance Study (NLCSESS) are used to develop a new treatment protocol, by researchers at the Institute of Child Health, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-21-4-2 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 26 - 27

Published on: Apr 1, 2007

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy,

Prolonged Febrile Seizures,

Mesial Temporal Sclerosis

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Volume 21 (2007): Issue 4