Register-based studies on febrile seizures in Denmark

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 372-377

  Vestergaard, Mogens ^a   Christensen, Jakob ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Epidemiology; Febrile seizures; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULTHOOD; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL STRESS; MEASLES; MUMPS; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION RISK; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; VACCINATION;

CEREBRAL PALSY; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 64449084724     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.11.012     Document Type: Review

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