- Board Certified:
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Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neu
- Medical/Professional School:
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Harvard Medical School, Boston
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Epidemiology
- Residency:
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University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Child NeurologyUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Pediatrics
- Clinical Interests:
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General child neurology, epidemiology
- Description of Research:
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My primary research interests involve the epidemiology of childhood neurological diseases, and childhood headaches.
- Key Publications:
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Blume HK, Li CI, Loch CM, Koepsell TD. Intrapartum fever and chorioamnionitis as risks for encephalopathy in term newborns: a case?control study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2008, 50: 19?24
Blume HK, Loch CM, Li CI. Neonatal Encephalopathy and Socioeconomic Status: A Population-Based Case-Control Study. Arch. Ped. and Adol. Medicine 2007; 161(7):663-8.
Zerr DM, Blume HK, Berg AT, Del Beccaro MA, Gospe SM Jr, Allpress AL, Christakis DA. Nonfebrile illness seizures: a unique seizure category? Epilepsia 2005; 46:952-5.
Wren RE, Blume HK, Mazariegos M, Solomons N, Alvarez JO, Goran MI. Body composition, resting metabolic rate and energy requirements of short- and normal-stature, low-income Guatemalan children. Am. J of Clin. Nutr. 1997; 66(2):406-12.
Jensen FE, Blume H, Alvarado S, Firkusny I, Geary C. NBQX blocks acute and late epileptogenic effects of perinatal hypoxia. Epilepsia. 1995; 36(10):966-72.
Jensen FE, Holmes GL, Lombroso CT, Blume H, Firkusny IR. Age dependent changes in long term seizure susceptibility in adulthood in rats. Epilepsia, 1992; 33(6):971-801
- Honors & Awards:
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2007: Scholarship, American Headache Society