Afebrile convulsions and acute gastroenteritis: A more common than expected combination;Convulsiones afebriles y gastroenteritis aguda: Una asociación más frecuente de lo esperado

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-270

  Plana Fernandez M ^a   Fernandez Lopez A ^a   Vallmanya Cucurull, T ^a   Lopez Gil A ^a   Goma Brufau A R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Benign afebrile seizures; Infant; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVULSION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 51449122001     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13125823     Document Type: Article

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