Febrile seizures: An update

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 751-756

  Waruiru, C ^a   Appleton, R ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

BODY TEMPERATURE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; DIAZEPAM; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 3242878101     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.028449     Document Type: Review

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