Febrile convulsions: A 'benign' condition?

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 871-872

  Walker, Matthew C ^a   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032814728     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11308     Document Type: Short Survey

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