The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 318-323 , September 2009

Clinical Neonatal Seizures are Independently Associated with Outcome in Infants at Risk for Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury

  • 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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  • David Glidden, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Rita J. Jeremy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • A. James Barkovich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Donna M. Ferriero, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Steven P. Miller, MDCM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Received 9 December 2008 ,Revised 2 February 2009 ,Accepted 19 March 2009.

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 Supported by Grant UL RR024131-01 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research; and NIH Grant NS40117. H. G. is supported by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award NS01692. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the NCRR or the NIH. S.M. is supported by a Clinician Scientist award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and a Scholar award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00320-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.03.040

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 318-323 , September 2009

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