Febrile seizures: From molecular biology to clinical practice

Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-22

  Mikati, Mohamad A ^a   Rahi, Amal C ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; IBUPROFEN; NITRAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ATAXIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERKINESIA; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 15244347482     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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