Seizures with Fever After Unprovoked Seizures: An Analysis in Children Followed from the Time of a First Febrile Seizure
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عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsia
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0013-9580,1528-1167
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01277.x