Febrile convulsions in a Serbian region: A 10-year epidemiological study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-42

  Pavlovic, Milen V ^a   Jarebinski, Mirjana S ^b   Pekmezovic, Tatjana D ^b   Marjanovic, Borivoje D ^c   Levic, Zvonimir M ^d  

^a Medical Centre of Krusevac   (Yugoslavia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Mother and Child Health   (Yugoslavia)

^d CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Febrile convulsions; Incidence rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0033040151     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.610039.x     Document Type: Article

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