Actual insights into the clinical management of febrile seizures

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 977-982

  Mastrangelo, Mario ^a   Midulla, Fabio ^a   Moretti, Corrado ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Febrile seizures; Febrile status epilepticus; Fever; Hippocampal sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HARKOSERIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84904410631     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-014-2269-7     Document Type: Review

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