Longterm prognosis of childhood febrile convulsions with and without prophylactic treatment;Feberkrampers langtidsprognose med og uden profylakse

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3598-3602

  Knudsen, Finn Ursin ^a,b   Pærregaard, Anders ^a   Andersen, Rita ^a   Andresen, Jente ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Amtssygehuset i Glostrup ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAZEPAM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0031548032     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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