Febrile Convulsions

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FEBRILE seizures remain a controversial topic so far as their cause, significance and treatment are concerned. Although the condition has been the subject of extensive studies conflicting data leave the questions unresolved. The magnitude of the problem is great, for it has been estimated1 that 5 per cent of children under the age of five years have convulsions, 40 per cent of these initial seizures being incited by fever.2 A general concept of the problem consists of a child between six months and five years of age who with intercurrent, nonCentral-nervous-system infection has a focal or generalized seizure in the . . .

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