Perceptions of fever and fever management practices in parents of children with Dravet syndrome

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 446-448

  Desnous, Béatrice ^a,b,c   Goujon, Estelle ^c   Bellavoine, Vanina ^c   Merdariu, Dana ^c   Auvin, Stéphane ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dravet syndrome; Fever; Parental perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTHOOD; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANTIPYRETICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 80051473923     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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