Methods of Investigation and Management of Infections Causing Febrile Seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Millichap, John J ^a   Millichap, J Gordon ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFUROXIME; DIAZEPAM; IBUPROFEN; LORAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 56249108760     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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