The relationship between febrile seizures and epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 40-42

  Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 76249116299     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02442.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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