Prophylactic drug management for febrile convulsions in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Offringa, Martin ^a   Newton, R ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IRRITABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 44949169493     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003031     Document Type: Review

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