Vaccinations and febrile seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 23-25

  Cendes, Fernando ^a   Sankar, Raman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dravet syndrome; Encephalopathy; Epidemiology; Seizures; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; VACCINATION;

EID: 79955687303     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03032.x     Document Type: Article

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