Febrile seizure

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 441-456

  Kumar, B ^a   Kalita, J ^a   Misra, U K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMA; COMPLEX FEBRILE SEIZURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DROWSINESS; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETHARGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SIMPLE FEBRILE SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77957242470     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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