Which factors determine febrile seizure recurrence? A prospective study

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Pavlidou, Efterpi ^a   Tzitiridou, Maria ^a   Kontopoulos, Eleftherios ^a   Panteliadis, Christos P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Febrile seizure; Multiple recurrences; Prognostic factors; Recurrence risk

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGE OF ONSET; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349066246     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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