Prolonged QT During Epileptic Seizures

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-3-2

Prolonged QT During Epileptic Seizures

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2010

Abstract

Researchers at Western General and Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK, measured the corrected QT interval before and during seizures in a prospective study of 39 children, 1 month-16 years of age, with various epilepsies.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-3-2 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 18 - 19

Published on: Mar 1, 2010

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Temporal Lobe Seizures,

Seizure Data,

Cardiac Repolarization

© 2010 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 3