Afebrile seizures and rotavirus gastroenteritis: An infrequently recognized association

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-180

  Ben Ami, T ^a   Sinai, L ^a   Granot, E ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 33846993718     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806290030     Document Type: Article

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