Febrile seizures in a South Indian district: Incidence and associations

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 380-384

  Hackett, Richard ^a   Hackett, Latha ^b   Bhakta, Preeta ^c  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030749359     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07450.x     Document Type: Article

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