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Risk factors for febrile convulsions.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 May 2002
Vestergaard Mogens, Basso Olga, Henriksen Tine Brink, Østergaard John R, Olsen Jørn
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relative importance of genes and early environment in the etiology of febrile convulsions. METHODS: We performed a follow-up study using data from two nationwide registers in Denmark, 1980-1998. The study population comprised 10,224 younger siblings of children who had had febrile convulsions, and 21,218 younger siblings of children who had never been hospitalized with...
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