Frequency of fever episodes related to febrile seizure recurrence

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-55

  Van Stuijvenberg, M ^a   Jansen, N E ^a   Steyerberg, E W ^b   Derksen Lubsen, G ^c   Moll, H A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Febrile seizure recurrence; Logistic regression; Number of fever episodes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0032985678     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950170600     Document Type: Article

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