Febrile seizures: Treatment and prognosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-9

  Knudsen, Finn Ursin ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Prognosis; Prophylaxis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033989532     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb01497.x     Document Type: Article

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