Correlation between serum selenium level and febrile seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 331-334

  Mahyar, Abolfazl ^a   Ayazi, Parviz ^a   Fallahi, Mazdak ^a   Javadi, Amir ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SELENIUM; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77957729171     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.05.024     Document Type: Article

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