Predictors of recurrent febrile seizures: A prospective cohort study

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-378

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b,c   Darefsky, Amy S ^d   Holford, Theodore R ^d   Shapiro, Eugene D ^d,e   Salomon, Morton E ^b   Crain, Ellen F ^b   Hauser, Allen W ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030891536     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170410045006     Document Type: Article

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