Neonatal seizures

Definition

A paediatric condition characterised by rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body of a newborn.

Exclusions

• Benign familial neonatal epilepsy (4B4Y)
• Epilepsy due to prenatal or perinatal vascular insults (8A60.00)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Neurological disorders specific to the perinatal or neonatal period

• KB00Neonatal cerebral ischaemia
• KB01Periventricular cysts of newborn
• KB02Neonatal cerebral leukomalacia
• KB03Neonatal encephalopathy, not elsewhere classified
• KB04Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy of newborn
• KB05Neonatal hydrocephalus
• KB07Compression of brain in neonate
• KB08Disorders of muscle tone of newborn