First: A practical approach to the causes and management of febrile seizures

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1484-1488

  Mohebbi, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Holden, Kenton R ^c   Butler, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile; FIRST; Management; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ACELLULAR VACCINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACIDOSIS; ALKALOSIS; ASTROCYTE; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHANNELOPATHY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG FEVER; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTEROVIRUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MICROGLIA; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 57749173814     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808319317     Document Type: Note

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