Convulsion following gastroenteritis in children without severe electrolyte imbalance

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-305

  Ghorashi, Ziaaedin ^a   Nezami, Nariman ^b   Soltani Ahari, Hassan ^a   Ghorashi, Sona ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b Young Researchers' Club   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convulsion; Febrile convulsion; Gastroenteritis; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLOSIS; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FECES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEIZURE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 77956858267     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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