Febrile Seizures and Later Intellectual Performance

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 17-21

  Ellenberg, Jonas H ^a   Nelson, Karin B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN CELL; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONVULSIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0017883103     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1978.00500250021004     Document Type: Article

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