Incidence of Febrile Seizures in Finland: Prospective Population-Based Study

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 391-394

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a,b   Camfield, Peter ^c   Camfield, Carol ^c   Haataja, Leena ^b   Aromaa, Minna ^d   Helenius, Hans ^a   Rautava, Päivi ^d   Hauser, W Allen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 43849091276     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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