The incidence, aetiology and outcome of acute seizures in children admitted to a rural Kenyan district hospital

BACKGROUND: Acute seizures are a common cause of paediatric admissions to hospitals in resource poor countries and a risk factor for neurological and cognitive impairment and epilepsy. We determined the incidence, aetiological factors and the immediate outcome of seizures in a rural malaria endemic...

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Autores principales: Idro, Richard, Gwer, Samson, Kahindi, Michael, Gatakaa, Hellen, Kazungu, Tony, Ndiritu, Moses, Maitland, Kathryn, Neville, Brian GR, Kager, Piet A, Newton, Charles RJC
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18261215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-8-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18261215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-8-5

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