Prenatal and perinatal antecedents of febrile convulsions and afebrile seizures: Data from a national cohort study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 76-95

  Greenwood, Rosemary ^a   Golding, Jean ^a,d   Ross, Euan ^b   Verity, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Child Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURY; BREAST FEEDING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RISK; SEIZURE; SMOKING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0031902180     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1998.0120s1076.x     Document Type: Article

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