Temperature, Age, and Febrile Seizure Recurrence
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Temperature, age, and recurrence of febrile seizure.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1999
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-1-2