Febrile seizures are a syndrome of secondarily generalized hippocampal epilepsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1151-1153

  Neville, Brian ^a   Gindner, Diane ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 78349231991     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03745.x     Document Type: Article

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