Febrile seizures: Risks, evaluation and prognosis

American Family Physician

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-153

  Graves, Reese C ^a   Oehler, Karen ^a   Tingle, Leslie E ^a  

^a Baylor Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; IBUPROFEN; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LONG TERM CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84856044136     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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