Risk Factors for Epilepsy after Febrile Seizures

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-3-1

Risk Factors for Epilepsy after Febrile Seizures

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2014

Abstract

Investigators from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, identified prognostic factors for subsequent epilepsy in a prospective study of 501 children with a first febrile seizure (FS).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-3-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 17 - 18

Published on: Mar 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Febrile Seizure,

Nonepileptiform Abnormalities,

Seizures

© 2014 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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