Febrile seizures: A clinical review

Comprehensive Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Poth, Robert A ^a   Belfer, Robert A ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; LORAZEPAM; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 2642608659     PISSN: 00988243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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