Reflex anoxic seizures ('white breath-holding'): nonepileptic vagal attacks.
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Reflex anoxic seizures ('white breath-holding'): nonepileptic vagal attacks.
From clinical history 58 children were diagnosed as having reflex anoxic seizures secondary to provoked cardioinhibition (also known as white breath-holding attacks). Before referral, these seizures were commonly misdiagnosed as epileptic either because the provocation was ignored, not recognised, or was a febrile illness, or because there was no crying, no obvious breath-holding, little cyanos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.53.3.193