The risk of seizure disorders among relatives of children with febrile convulsions

Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1985, Pages 1268-1273

  Hauser, W Allen ^a   Annegers, John F ^b   Anderson, V Elving ^c   Kurland, Leonard T ^d  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0021813727     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.35.9.1268     Document Type: Article

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