Febrile convulsion - An overview

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Mukherjee, Arabinda ^a   Mukherjee, Asha ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Febrile convulsion; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CHILD; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFANT; LIVER TOXICITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 0042915933     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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