Maternal Infection and Risk of Epilepsy in Childhood

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-6-6

Maternal Infection and Risk of Epilepsy in Childhood

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 22 (2008): Issue 6

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jun 2008

Abstract

The association between prenatal exposure to maternal specific infections during pregnancy and the subsequent risk of epilepsy in childhood was estimated in a prospective population-based birth cohort in Denmark followed for 8 years at University of Aarhus, Denmark.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-6-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 45 - 46

Published on: Jun 1, 2008

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Maternal Infection,

Trimester,

Pyelonephritis

© 2008 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 22 (2008): Issue 6