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Susceptibility to Febrile Seizures: More Than Just a Faulty Thermostat!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Asuri N. Prasad  and
Shashi S. Seshia
Asuri N. Prasad
Affiliation:
Pediatrics & Clinical Neurosciences, Dept. of Pediatrics, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario
Shashi S. Seshia*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
*
10 Stockton Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 1X2, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , May 2009 , pp. 277 - 279
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