The association between iron deficiency and febrile seizures in childhood

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-426

  Hartfield, Dawn S ^a   Tan, Jonathan ^a   Yager, Jerome Y ^a   Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^a   Spady, Don ^a   Haines, Christina ^a   Craig, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anemia; Febrile seizure; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ALBERTA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 64949134045     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809331800     Document Type: Article

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