Febrile seizures

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 733-740

  Singhi, Pratibha D ^a   Srinivas, M ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ATAXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; LETHARGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0034918046     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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