Neonatal seizures are an important example of an age-specific seizure syndrome.
Compared with seizures at older ages, neonatal seizures differ in etiology, semiology, and …

In childhood, the risk for seizures is greatest in the neonatal period. Currently used therapies
have limited efficacy. Although the treatment of neonatal seizures has not significantly …

Seizures are the most distinctive and frequent manifestations of neurological disease in the
neonatal period. Compared with seizures in older patients, neonatal seizures have different …

Neonatal seizures may herald the onset or coexistence of significant central nervous system
(CNS) disease. When seizures occur, they typically prompt a number of urgent actions by …

Neonates are exquisitely susceptible to seizures due to several physiologic factors and
combination of risks that are uniquely associated with gestation, delivery, and the immediate …

There is increasing evidence that neonatal seizures have an adverse effect on
neurodevelopmental progression and may predispose to cognitive, behavioural, or epileptic …

Neonatal seizures are poorly classified, under-recognized, and often difficult to treat. The
presence of neonatal seizures often signals an underlying ominous neurological condition …

Neonatal seizures have unique properties that have proved challenging for both clinicians
and basic science researchers. Clinical therapies aimed at neonatal seizures have proven …

Seizures occur more often during the neonatal period than at any other period of life. Precise
incidence is difficult to delineate and depends on study population and criteria used for …

The treatment of neonatal seizures has not changed significantly over the last 50 years
despite advances in antiepileptic drug (AED) development for older children and adults …