Neonatal seizures: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data

Serena Pellegrin, Flor M Munoz, Michael Padula, Paul T Heath, Lee Meller, Karina Top, Jo Wilmshurst, Max Wiznitzer, Manoja Kumar Das, Cecil D Hahn, Merita Kucuku, James Oleske, Kollencheri Puthenveettil Vinayan, Elissa Yozawitz, Satinder Aneja, Niranjan Bhat, Geraldine Boylan, Sanie Sesay, Anju Shrestha, Janet S Soul, Beckie Tagbo, Jyoti Joshi, Aung Soe, Helena C Maltezou, Jane Gidudu, Sonali Kochhar, Ronit M Pressler, Brighton Collaboration Neonatal Seizures Working Group, Serena Pellegrin, Flor M Munoz, Michael Padula, Paul T Heath, Lee Meller, Karina Top, Jo Wilmshurst, Max Wiznitzer, Manoja Kumar Das, Cecil D Hahn, Merita Kucuku, James Oleske, Kollencheri Puthenveettil Vinayan, Elissa Yozawitz, Satinder Aneja, Niranjan Bhat, Geraldine Boylan, Sanie Sesay, Anju Shrestha, Janet S Soul, Beckie Tagbo, Jyoti Joshi, Aung Soe, Helena C Maltezou, Jane Gidudu, Sonali Kochhar, Ronit M Pressler, Brighton Collaboration Neonatal Seizures Working Group

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Keywords: Adverse event; Case definition; Guidelines; Immunization; Neonatal seizures.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared that there is no conflict of interest.

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