Long-term intellectual and behavioral outcomes of children with febrile convulsions

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 1723-1728

  Verity, Christopher M ^a   Greenwood, Rosemary ^b   Golding, Jean ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0032507889     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199806113382403     Document Type: Article

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