Mogens Vestergaard

..Febrile seizure is a benign condition for most children, but experiments in animals and neuroimaging studies in humans suggest that some febrile seizures may damage the hippocampus, a brain area of possible importance in schizophrenia...

..Our data suggest a modest paternal effect on the aetiology of epilepsy...

..We examined the quality and completeness of the discharge diagnosis of febrile seizures in the Danish National Hospital Register (DNHR)...

..Furthermore, little is known about the long-term outcome of febrile seizures following vaccination...

..Most injury studies have focused on proximal causes; few have examined the role of neonatal characteristics such as birth weight and gestational age...

..To examine whether prenatal exposure to maternal bereavement is associated with an increased risk of epilepsy in the first decades of life...

..We aimed to examine whether prenatal stress exposure after maternal bereavement is associated with an increased risk of autism later in life...

..We aimed to examine the association between maternal bereavement during the prenatal time period and CP in childhood...

..00, 95% CI 0.94-1.06). The HRs did not differ according to the nature or timing of bereavement. Our data do not suggest any causal link between exposure to prenatal stress and febrile seizures in childhood...

..Only few studies have addressed the long-term neurological outcomes of children born by subfertile couples. We studied the risk of epilepsy and febrile seizures in children of treated and untreated subfertile couples...

..The results are exploratory, however, and need to be replicated...

..No studies have had sufficient size to estimate mortality in children with febrile seizures. We studied mortality after febrile seizures in a large population-based cohort of children in Denmark with up to 28 years of follow-up...

..In conclusion, short gestational age, low birth weight, and intrauterine growth restriction are associated with an increased risk of epilepsy...

..We asked whether breastfeeding reduces the risk of epilepsy in childhood...

..In Denmark, acellular pertussis vaccine has been included in the combined diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliovirus-Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) vaccine since September 2002...

..To estimate the occurrence of epilepsy in Denmark between 1977 and 2002, taking gender, age, and secular trends into consideration...

..Eclampsia has been found to be a strong risk factor for epilepsy in the offspring, but it is unclear whether the risk also applies to the preceding condition, preeclampsia...

..It has been suggested that vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is a cause of autism...

..In this article we examine whether the associations were due to preeclampsia or factors leading to preeclampsia...

..To examine whether prenatal exposure to parental type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or gestational diabetes is associated with an increased risk of malignant neoplasm or diseases of the circulatory system in the offspring...

..In this study, we aimed at quantifying the risk of neonatal death as a function of a baby's failure to fulfil its biologic growth potential across the whole distribution of birth weight...

..The association could be caused by mutations of the gametes in men induced by biological or environmental factors...

..The risk was higher for those who had a family history of epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or low Apgar scores at 5 minutes...

..47 (95% CI 1.00-2.16) and 2.10 (95% CI 1.16-3.80), respectively. Our findings suggest that prenatal maternal exposure to severe stress may increase the risk of ADHD in the offspring...

..To estimate if maternal intake of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) during pregnancy is related to the risk of epilepsy in the offspring...

..We examined the association between paternal age and mortality in children in a large population-based cohort taking maternal age and socioeconomic factors into account...

..Results suggest that prenatal environmental factors and parental psychopathology are associated with the risk of autism. These factors seem to act independently...

..To examine whether low Apgar scores at 5 minutes are associated with increased risks of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...

..New evidence suggests that advanced paternal age is a reproductive hazard, but we do not know whether paternal age affects the physical conditions of newborn infants as measured by the Apgar score...

..We assessed whether preeclampsia correlates with the long-term postnatal health of the offspring...

..We studied congenital abnormalities following exposure to phenytoin, phenobarbital, and diazepam in early pregnancy, i.e., second and third month, compared to mid-pregnancy, i.e., fifth and sixth month of pregnancy...

..0-39.4°C (IRR = 2.79, 95% CI 1.60, 4.84). Our findings do not support a strong association between hyperthermia and epilepsy but the associations between underlying causes of fever, especially prenatal infections, call for more research...

..To investigate any association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) taken during pregnancy and congenital major malformations...

..In a population-based cohort study, we examined whether prenatal stress related to maternal bereavement during pregnancy was associated with the risk of overweight in offspring during school age...

..To investigate whether age at onset of epilepsy, type of epilepsy, family history of psychosis, or family history of epilepsy affect the risk of schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like psychosis among patients with epilepsy...

..The Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC) was used to examine pregnancy outcomes among female hairdressers and neurodevelopment in their offspring...

..Low Apgar scores are associated with high risk of neonatal death, cerebral palsy, and mental retardation, but the association between Apgar scores and long-term risk of epilepsy remains unresolved...

..To validate the diagnosis of epilepsy in the Danish National Hospital Register...

..The goal of the study described here was to study the risk for epilepsy in parents exposed to severe stress caused by loss of a child...

..Febrile seizure is a common condition with a benign outcome for the vast majority of children. Genes and environmental factors operating in early life seem to play a causal role...

..To describe the rehabilitation status three months after first-time myocardial infarction (MI) to identify focus areas for long-term cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in general practice. Design. Population-based cross-sectional study...

..We evaluated the association between prenatal exposure to cigarettes, alcohol, and coffee and the risk for febrile seizures in 2 population-based birth cohorts...

..Whether MI is associated with an increased risk of suicide is unknown. We examined the association between MI and suicide...

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..We aimed to assess the risk of epilepsy up to 10 years or longer after traumatic brain injury, taking into account sex, age, severity, and family history...

..We estimated the association between prenatal exposure to maternal infections and the subsequent risk for epilepsy in childhood...

..3 (age 25-29), 1.4 (age 35-39), 1.7 (age 40-44), 1.6 (age 45-49), and 2.1 (age 50+) (test for trend: P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Risk of very preterm birth increases among older fathers, perhaps as a result of a paternal placental effect...

..Here we examine the association between prenatal exposure to maternal bereavement during preconception and pregnancy and development of type-2 diabetes in the off-spring...

..To assess the impact of cardiovascular disease on the excess mortality and shortened life expectancy in schizophrenic patients...

..However, little is known about these encounters in general practice. The aim was to describe the frequency of patients with one or more chronic conditions in general practice and how these consultations were experienced by the GPs...

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..The present and other studies linking maternal obesity to an increased risk of severe adverse pregnancy outcomes emphasise the need for public interventions to prevent obesity in young women...

..Little is known about the relative importance of genes and early environment in the etiology of febrile convulsions...

..It has been suggested that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination causes autism...

..Studies have linked epilepsy with an increased suicide risk, but the association might be modified by psychiatric, demographic, and socioeconomic factors...