Risk factors for febrile convulsions

Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-287

  Vestergaard, Mogens ^a   Basso, Olga ^b   Brink Henriksen, Tine ^a   Østergaard, John R ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

And fetal growth; Birth weight; Febrile convulsions; Febrile seizures; Half siblings; Preterm birth; Sibling study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0036231972     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200205000-00008     Document Type: Article

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