Human Metapneumovirus and Status Epilepticus

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-5-7

Human Metapneumovirus and Status Epilepticus

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 5

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|May 2014

Abstract

Investigators at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, OH, report 2 toddlers, ages 15 and 18 months, with human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection who presented in status epilepticus and later developed respiratory failure.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-5-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 38 - 38

Published on: May 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Human Metapneumovirus,

Febrile Seizure,

Fatal Encephalitis

© 2014 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 5