Duration of recognized fever in febrile seizure predicts later development of epilepsy.

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The current report examines the risk of and predictors for developing epilepsy in children with febrile seizure (FS). The present study addresses two factors that were previously identified as predictors of recurrent FS in previous reports: maximum temperature and duration of fever prior to the initial FS.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pediatr Int

Title: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN (Electronic): 1442-200X

ISSN (Print): 1328-8067

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2012

Volume: 54

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan. ykimu@yamanashi.ac.jp

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03599.x

PubMed ID: 22369498

SO-VID: fbe959a5-c31e-40ff-8dac-22d8007644f0

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