Benign familial neonatal convulsions; psychosocial adjustment to the threat of recurrent seizures

Seizure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-245

  Psenka, Tamatha M ^a   Holden, Kenton R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign; Convulsions; Familial; Neonatal; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONVULSION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0029857838     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(96)80044-6     Document Type: Article

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