Do febrile seizures improve memory?

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-8

  Baram, Tallie Z ^a,c   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; EDITORIAL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0035838323     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.1.7     Document Type: Editorial

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