Phenomenology of prolonged febrile seizures: Results of the FEBSTAT study

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170-176

  Shinnar, S ^a,g   Hesdorffer, D C ^b   Nordli, D R ^c   Pellock, J M ^d   O'Dell, C ^a   Lewis, D V ^e   Frank, L M ^f   Moshe S L ^a   Epstein, L G ^c   Marmarou, A ^d   Bagiella, E ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48449093210     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000310774.01185.97     Document Type: Article

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