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The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of neurological complications in children with 2009 H1N1 infection, compared with those with seasonal influenza. The authors retrospectively assessed data on 18 children with neurological complications out of 303 children hospitalized with 2009 H1N1 influenza at one institution between April 1 and November 30, 2009. The comparison group was 16 children with neurological complications out of 234 children hospitalized with seasonal influenza between 2004 and 2008.
Among the patients with neurological complications, manifestations such as encephalopathy, focal neurological findings, aphasia, and electroencephalographic findings were more common in the 2009 H1N1 …