Preventing febrile seizures in children with oral diazepam: Can a controlled trial truly be “double-blind?”

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 548-552

  Rosman, N Paul ^a   Douglass, Laurie M ^a   Paolini, Jan L ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0035050891     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.112169     Document Type: Article

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