Managing febrile seizures in children

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2-7

  Champi, Cathering ^a   Gaffney Yocum, Patricia A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 33747751966     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003465-200109000-00001     Document Type: Article

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