Update on diagnosis and treatment of febrile seizures;Atualização no diagnóstico e tratamento das crises epilépticas febris

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-492

  de Siqueira, Luis Felipe Mendonça ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fever; Seizures febrile; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS; ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 77957725441     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000400026     Document Type: Review

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