Iron deficiency as a risk factor for first febrile seizure

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-439

  Vaswani, Rajwanti K ^a   Dharaskar, Praveen G ^a   Kulkarni, Swati ^a   Ghosh, K ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Febrile seizure; Iron deficiency; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 77956415320     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0080-8     Document Type: Article

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