Association between iron deficiency anemia and febrile seizure in children

Medicinski Glasnik

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-242

  Derakhshanfar, Hojjat ^a   Abaskhanian, Ali ^b   Alimohammadi, Hosein ^c   ModanlooKordi, Mona ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Childhood; FC; Fever

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; BLOOD;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 84868225503     PISSN: 18400132     EISSN: 18402445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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