Is the long-term outcome of children following febrile convulsions favorable?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 667-671

  Kolfen W ^a,b   Pehle, K ^a   Konig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031722105     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12326.x     Document Type: Article

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