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R. Weitz, MD
Pediatric Neurology Clinic Department of Pediatrics

P. Merlob, MD; S. H. Reisner, MD
Department of Neonatology Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv, Israel

Arch Neurol. 1980;37(10):676.

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To the Editor.—

We wish to underscore the concluding note of Pettit and Fenichel's article (ARCHIVES 37:47-48, 1980), urging "a search for symptomatic causes of neonatal seizures" in newborns with a family history of "benign" neonatal seizures. The following, previously unreported case, may serve to illustrate this point.

Report of a Case.—

A newborn boy was born after a full-term, uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. He was the first child of young, healthy, and unrelated parents, and did well until 21 hours of age, when he had a cyanotic spell followed by generalized toncicoclonic convulsions. Failing to respond to 50 mg of intravenous pyridoxine hydrochloride, he was started on a course of phenobarbital, but continued to have brief clonic seizures for the next 72 hours. Blood, urine, and CSF tests, as outlined by Pettit and Fenichel, gave normal results, and an EEG tracing on the second day of seizures was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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