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Review
. 2007 Feb 10;334(7588):307-11.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39087.691817.AE.

Febrile seizures

Lynette G Sadleir  1 , Ingrid E Scheffer
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Review

Febrile seizures

Lynette G Sadleir et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

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