![]() ![]() Neurology clinic files, and hospital medical records were reviewed to confirm the inclusion criteria and the diagnosis of CFS. From this cohort those patients fulfilling criteria for CFS (focal, duration of greater than 15 min, or >1 seizure in a 24 h period) were selected in the present study. Occurrence of an afebrile seizure predating the febrile seizure was an exclusion criterion. ![]() All patients meeting criteria of febrile seizures (age 3 month to 5 years, presence of fever, absence of intracranial infection, or a defined cause such as electrolyte imbalance) with an EEG performed at our laboratory were further analyzed. When more than one EEG had been performed, the initial record was evaluated. All EEG requisitions at the Children's Hospital (12,500 in total) were retrospectively reviewed to identify those EEGs performed for the indication of seizures with fever over an 11-year period (January 1st 1990 to December 31st 2001). ![]()
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