Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 96-100 , June 2008

Status Epilepticus in the Pediatric Emergency Department

  • Joshua Goldstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Joshua Goldstein, MD, Division of Child Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

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PII: S1522-8401(08)00023-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2008.02.002

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 96-100 , June 2008

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