Temperature, age, and recurrence of febrile seizure

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1170-1175

  Van Stuijvenberg, Margriet ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^c   Derksen Lubsen, Gerarda ^b   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031769020     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.12.1170     Document Type: Article

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