Recurrence of febrile seizures in the respiratory season is associated with influenza A

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 800-805

  Van Zeijl, Jan H ^a   Mullaart, Reinier A ^a   Borm, George F ^a   Galama, Jochem M D ^a  

^a Public Health Service of Northern Friesland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9744283485     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.08.075     Document Type: Article

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