Iron status: A possible risk factor for the first febrile seizure

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 740-743

  Daoud, Azhar S ^a   Batieha, Anwar ^a   Abu Ekteish, Faisel ^a   Gharaibeh, Nayef ^a   Ajlouni, Saleh ^b   Hijazi, Saad ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

First febrile seizure; Iron status

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0036062169     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.32501.x     Document Type: Article

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