title: Infantile status epilepticus as a complication of 'near-miss' sudden infant death.
abstract: Among 13 infants with apparently cryptogenic status epilepticus occurring between two and four months of age, two shared several features of 'poliodystrophy' encephalopathy. For the other 11, an anoxic-ischaemic event was suggested by the history, the seizure and EEG characteristics, and clinical and CT-scan evolution. The possible relationship with 'near-miss' sudden infant death is discussed.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed