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Febrile seizures in patients with complex partial seizures
Author(s) -
Schmidt D.,
Tsai J.J.,
Janz D.
Publication year - 1985
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.1600-0404.1985.tb01550.x
Subject(s) - complex partial seizures , partial seizures , epilepsy , medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , temporal lobe
– Febrile seizures occurred in 14 of 155 (9%) out‐patients with complex partial seizures. Twelve patients had prolonged or recurrent febrile seizures, convulsive status epilepticus or a transient postictal neurological deficit. Febrile seizures were associated with perinatal abnormalities, an earlier onset of epilepsy and with a poor seizure control. Recurrent febrile seizures or those with complicating features are associated with an unfavourable therapeutic outcome in adult patients with complex partial seizures.