Open AccessFebrile seizures in Kaduna, north western Nigeria
Author(s) -
E E Eseigbe,
S J Adama,
P Eseigbe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.104383
Subject(s) - medicine , febrile seizure , convulsion , malaria , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , presentation (obstetrics) , emergency department , epilepsy , surgery , psychiatry , physics , optics , immunology
Febrile seizure is the most common seizure of childhood and has a good prognosis. However its presentation is fraught with poor management, with grave consequences, in our environment. Thus a review of its current status is important.