Open AccessEtiological profile of afebrile seizures in infants in a tertiary care center from southern India
Author(s) -
Vykuntaraju K Gowda,
Preeti Kulhalli,
Naveen Benakappa,
Asha Benakappa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_61_18
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , pediatrics , tertiary care , epilepsy , population , pediatric neurology , retrospective cohort study , family history , surgery , pathology , psychiatry , environmental health
Seizure is the most common neurological illness in pediatric population and its risk is highest in the first year of life. Studies regarding etiology of afebrile seizures worldwide and in India are limited; hence, the current study was undertaken.