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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2002;86:F75-F77 doi:10.1136/fn.86.2.F75
  • Review

The clinical conundrum of neonatal seizures

  1. M Levene
  1. Academic Unit of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leeds, D Floor, Clarendon Wing, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor Levene, Academic Unit of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leeds, D Floor, Clarendon Wing, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK;
    medmil{at}leeds.ac.uk
  • Accepted 24 November 2001

Abstract

There is increasing evidence that neonatal seizures have an adverse effect on neurodevelopmental progression and may predispose to cognitive, behavioural, or epileptic complications later in life. However, given the uncertainty about the efficacy and toxicity of the commonly used anticonvulsants, when and how aggressively to treat such seizures is a difficult decision.

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