Late cognitive effects of early treatment with phenobarbital

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 387-394

  Sulzbacher, Stephen ^a,c   Farwell, Jacqueline R ^a   Temkin, Nancy ^a   Lu, Ann S ^a   Hirtz, Deborah G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Human Motor Control Section   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RECURRENCE RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032787817     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903800702     Document Type: Article

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