Febrile Status Epilepticus: Current State of Clinical and Basic Research

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 150-154

  Ahmad, Saba ^a   Marsh, Eric D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; PHENOBARBITAL;

BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEBRILE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 77955802242     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2010.06.004     Document Type: Review

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