Hot water epilepsy - A report of three cases

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 731-733

  Íncecik, Faruk ^b   Ozlem Herguner M ^a   Elkay, Mürüvet ^a   Altunbasak, Sakir ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hot water epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HOT WATER; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BATH; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOT WATER EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; REFLEX EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

BATHS; CHILD; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 3342898259     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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