Ethics approval and consent to participate
Written informed consent was obtained from a parent or legal guardian and written assent from the child, when indicated. Children’s National Medical Center Institutional Review Board approved the study.
Consent for publication
Not applicable.
Availability of data and materials:
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Competing interests:
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Funding:
This study was funded by the American Epilepsy Society/Epilepsy Foundation of America Research Training Fellowship for Clinicians, the NINDS Division of Intramural Research and by WBCARN U03MC00006 Children’s National PECARN site.
Funding bodies were not involved in the design of the study, data collection, analysis and interpretation or writing the manuscript.
Authors contributions:
LB designed the study, contributed to data analysis and interpretation, and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
MM contributed to data analysis and interpretation and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
GN conducted the statistical analysis and contributed to data interpretation and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
BT contributed to data collection and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
AD contributed to data collection and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
EW contributed to data interpretation and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
WS contributed to data collection and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
AB contributed to data collection and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
JC contributed to study design, data analysis and interpretation, and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
WT contributed to study design, data analysis and interpretation, and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
WG contributed to study design, data analysis and interpretation, and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
SJ contributed to study design, data analysis and interpretation, and drafting and revising of the manuscript for intellectual content.
Acknowledgments:
Not applicable.
Authors information:
LB is the Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
MM is currently a medical student and was a post-bac intramural research training awardee at the National Institutes of Health for the study.
GN is a Biostatistician at the National Institutes of Health.
BT is a Research Manager at Children’s National Medical Center.
AD is currently a medical student and was the research coordinator at Children’s National Medical Center for the study.
EW is the Director of Inpatient Neurology at Children’s National Medical Center and Associate Professor of Neurology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
WS is a Research Assistant at Children’s National Medical Center.
AB is a Research Manager at Children’s National Medical Center.
JC is the Director, Data Analytics and Informatics at Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services, Children’s National Medical Center, and Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
WT is Chief of the Clinical Epilepsy Section, NINDS, NIH. He is also the Treasurer of the American Epilepsy Society.
WG is the Division Chief, Neurology, Division Chief, Epilepsy and Neurophysiology, Director, Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program, Associate Director, Center for Neuroscience Research at Children’s National Medical Center. He is Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Professor of Neurology at Georgetown University. He is also the First Vice President of the American Epilepsy Society.
SJ is the Chief of the Viral Immunology Section, NINDS, NIH.