Demographic Characteristics and Risk Factors of First Febrile Seizures: A Jordanian Experience

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-27

  Abuekteish, F ^a   Daoud, A S ^a   al Sheyyab, M ^a   Nou'man, M ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Department of Paediatrics   (Jordan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BIRTH ORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0034003390     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000113     Document Type: Article

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