Current management of febrile seizures in Japan: An overview

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Sugai, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute management; Chronic management; Febrile seizure; Guideline; Prevention; Vaccination; Warning factors

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

AGITATION; ATAXIA; BRADYCARDIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LETHARGY; MEASLES VACCINATION; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VACCINATION;

HUMANS; JAPAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 71849090563     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.09.019     Document Type: Review

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