Seizure-Induced Brain Damage in the Neonate

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-3-8

Seizure-Induced Brain Damage in the Neonate

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 23 (2009): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2009

Abstract

The pathophysiology of neonatal seizures, and evidence for seizure-induced brain damage are reviewed by researchers from Montreal Children's Hospital, and Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-3-8 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 22 - 23

Published on: Mar 1, 2009

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Neonatal Seizures,

Etiology,

Perilesional Brain Oedema

© 2009 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 23 (2009): Issue 3