EEG after Febrile Seizure is Predictive of Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-4-1

EEG after Febrile Seizure is Predictive of Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 4

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Apr 2012

Abstract

Researchers in pediatric neurology and electroencephalography at the University of Yamanashi, Japan, studied the EEG in children referred within 7-20 days after a febrile seizure (FS), and determined the utility of localization of paroxysmal discharges as a predictor for subsequent epilepsy.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-4-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 25 - 26

Published on: Apr 1, 2012

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Febrile Seizure,

Paroxysmal Spike,

Frontal Paroxysms

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Volume 26 (2012): Issue 4