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Temporal lobe epilepsy – not a consequence of childhood febrile convulsions in Denmark
Author(s) -
Lee Kirsten,
Diaz Marietta,
Melchior J. C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1981.tb00776.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , febrile convulsions , temporal lobe , epilepsy in children , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , population , medicine , psychiatry , physics , environmental health , optics
Temporal lobe epilepsy in particular has been considered a consequence of childhood febrile convulsions. Previous studies have dealt with populations of epileptic children. This retrospective, follow‐up study concerns 362 children with a primary diagnosis of febrile convulsions. 4% developed epilepsy. When followed into early adulthood one half of those remitted. The incidence of temporal lobe epilepsy among the non‐rermitters did not differ from that of a random population of epileptics.