title: [Seizures in newborn infant].
abstract: Seizures in newborn infants are common. The may constitute a neurologic emergency or a nonepileptic, harmless symptom. Diagnostics is becoming more specific with current methodologies. Detailed description of seizures and their connection with EEG abnormalities are the diagnostic cornerstones. The treatment has made slow progress, but newer antiepileptic drugs may aid in the treatment of epileptic seizures in newborn infants in the future. For the time being, evidence-based research results for them are lacking, as well as data on long-term effects. Differential diagnosis of seizures has become increasingly important.
authors.affiliation: TAYS:n lastenklinikka, Tampere.
authors.forename: Vesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eskola
authors.forename: Ville
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jäntti
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eriksson
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants