Parental knowledge and practices regarding febrile convulsions in Turkish children

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-350

  Kayserili, Ertan ^a   Ünalp, Aycan ^a,b   Apa, Hurşit ^a   Asilsoy, Suna ^a   Hizarcioǧlu, Murat ^a   Gülez, Pamir ^a   Aǧin, Hasan ^a  

^a Dr Behcet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Febrile convulsion; Parental knowledge; Practice; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

CHILDHOOD; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FEBRILE CONVULSION; PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; TURKISH;

TESTING;

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 48749120967     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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