Febrile seizures - Treatment and prevention or not?

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-83

  Sagraves, Rosalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGE; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0033085132     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5245(99)90058-5     Document Type: Article

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