Risk of Epilepsy After Febrile Seizures

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-5-7

Risk of Epilepsy After Febrile Seizures

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 5

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|May 2012

Abstract

Investigators at the Institute of Neurology, London, and at other centers in the UK and the Netherlands conducted a prospective follow-up of 181 infants from the onset of febrile seizures for a median of 21.6 years, to estimate the long-term risk of developing epilepsy.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-5-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 38 - 39

Published on: May 1, 2012

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Febrile Seizures,

Epilepsy,

Inheritance and SUD in Toddlers

© 2012 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 5