Clinical practice guideline - Neurodiagnostic evaluation of the child with a simple febrile seizure

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 389-394

  Duffner, Patricia K ^a   Berman, Peter H ^a   Baumann, Robert J ^a   Fisher, Paul Graham ^a   Green, John L ^a   Schneider, Sanford ^a   Davidson, Caryn ^a  

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Author keywords

Seizure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 79551546724     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3318     Document Type: Review

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