Pediatric status epilepticus: How common is cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in the absence of infection?
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Pediatric status epilepticus: How common is cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in the absence of infection?
PURPOSE To determine the rate of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis among children presenting with status epilepticus (SE) without proven central nervous system infection. METHOD We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of all patients aged one month to 21 years of age who were evaluated in a single pediatric emergency department (ED) for SE between 1995 and 2012. We limited our ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.03.015