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Neonatal seizures in a rural Kenyan District Hospital: aetiology, Incidence and outcome of hospitalization

BACKGROUND: Acute seizures are common among children admitted to hospitals in resource poor countries. However, there is little data on the burden, causes and outcome of neonatal seizures in sub-Saharan Africa. We determined the minimum incidence, aetiology and immediate outcome of seizures among ne...

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Autores principales:	Mwaniki, Michael, Mathenge, Ali, Gwer, Samson, Mturi, Neema, Bauni, Evasius, Newton, Charles RJC, Berkley, James, Idro, Richard
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2010
Materias:	Research article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20236524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-8-16

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