Fits in hydrocephalic children
Open Access
- 1 August 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 49 (8), 633-635
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.49.8.633
Abstract
A retrospective study of 200 hydrocephalic children suggests that the incidence of fits in these children is approximately 30%. The need for frequent valve revision appeared to increase the tendency towards fits occurring, as did an aetiology of meningitis.Keywords
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