Consequences of febrile seizures in childhood

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 662-667

  Scott, Rod C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Epilepsy; Febrile status epilepticus; Hippocampus; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEBRILE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER INJURY; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPLICATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 84927696528     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000153     Document Type: Review

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