The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 24-28.e1 , January 2009

Antenatal and Intrapartum Risk Factors for Seizures in Term Newborns: A Population-Based Study, California 1998-2002

  • Hannah C. Glass, MDCM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hannah C. Glass, University of California San Francisco, Department of Neurology Box 0663, 521 Parnassus Avenue, C-215, San Francisco, CA 94143-0663
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  • Trinh N. Pham, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Beate Danielsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Information Solutions, Rocklin, CA
    • ,
  • Dena Towner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
    • ,
  • David Glidden, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Yvonne W. Wu, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Received 16 April 2008 ,Revised 10 June 2008 ,Accepted 3 July 2008.

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 The work of Hannah Glass was supported by a NINDS Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award (NS01692). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00585-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.008

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 24-28.e1 , January 2009

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