First febrile convulsions: Inquiry about the knowledge, attitudes and concerns of the patients' mothers

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-171

  Kolahi, Ali Asghar ^a   Tahmooreszadeh, Shahrokh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Concern; Febrile convulsion; Knowledge; Parents; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MOTHERS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149090733     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0724-z     Document Type: Article

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