Retrospective study of late febrile seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 270-273

  Webb, David W ^a   Jones, Ruth R ^a   Manzur, Adnan Y ^a   Farrell, Kevin ^a  

^a Dept Earth Ocean Sci Univ B   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0032908325     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00145-3     Document Type: Article

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