Management and Treatment of Febrile Seizures

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-13

  Camfield, Peter R ^a   Camfield, Carol S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNCTURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAZEPAM; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0347307667     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0045-9380(97)80006-0     Document Type: Article

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