The Child With a ’Simple’ Febrile Seizure: Appropriate Diagnostic Evaluation

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 431-433

  Gerber, Michael A ^a   Berliner, Benjamin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HISTORY;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONVULSIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTES; HUMAN; INFANT; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SKULL; SPINAL PUNCTURE; URINE;

EID: 0019424171     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1981.02130290029011     Document Type: Article

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