Clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics of children with febrile seizures plus

Brain and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 262-268

  Kobayashi, Katsuhiro ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a   Ohmori, Iori ^a   Nishio, Yosuke ^b   Fujiwara, Mami ^b   Ito, Minako ^a   Oka, Eiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JA Fuchu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood; EEG; Epilepsy; Febrile seizures; Febrile seizures plus

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEBRILE SEIZURE PLUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGY; RECREATION; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 2342655811     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00134-7     Document Type: Article

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