FEBRILE CONVULSIONS IN CHILDHOOD
- 1 December 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 78 (6) , 868-882
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1949.02030050887003
Abstract
SEVERAL years ago, electroencephalographic and clinical observations on 150 children with febrile convulsions1 were reported. Since then, 90 cases have been added to the series and a follow-up study of some of the original group has been completed. Observations on the original and added cases form the basis of this report. Convulsions occur in an estimated 6 to 7 per cent of children under the age of 5 years, and fever precipitates the convulsions in half the cases.2 Opinions concerning the significance of the febrile convulsions have varied. Some authors expressed the belief that they bear no relationship to epilepsy.3 Others were of the opinion that febrile convulsions occur in children who have a hereditary predisposition to convulsions and increase their likelihood of having recurrent convulsions in adult life.4 Neyroud5 reported electroencephalographic abnormalities diagnostic of epilepsy in 3 per cent of 70 children with febrileKeywords
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