The management of febrile seizures in the Mersey Region

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 578-584

  Sweeney, Anne ^a   Gibbs, John ^b   Monteil, Francisco ^b   Appleton, Richard ^c   Choonara, Imti ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Paediatrics ^*

^c Roald Dahl EEG Unit

^d ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0029900055     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12122.x     Document Type: Article

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