Retrospective study of febrile seizures: Subsequent electroencephalogram findings, unprovoked seizures and epilepsy in adolescents

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 560-565

  Piperidou, H N ^a   Heliopoulos, I N ^a   Maltezos, E S ^a   Stathopoulos, G A ^a   Milonas, I A ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Electroencephalography findings; Febrile seizures; Unprovoked seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GREECE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036867337     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000203000603     Document Type: Article

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