Recurrence of febrile seizure in Yazd, Iran

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 618-622

  Fallah, Razieh ^a   Karbasi, Sedighah Akhavan ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Febrile seizure; Febrile seizure recurrence; First febrile seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVULSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 79954432139     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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