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febrile convulsion |
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febrile convulsion [¦fē‚brīl kən′vəl·shən] (medicine) A type of convulsion that occurs in infants and young children in association with fever. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Nineteen patients were immunocompromised (leukemia, 6; posttransplant, 3; premature, 3; HIV, 2; others, 5), of whom 1 had a febrile seizure, 1 had encephalitis, 2 had meningitis, and 5 had other infections. Kullmann of University College London disagree with Soltesz's view that the changes caused by febrile seizures might make further seizures more likely. Influenza has been previously reported to be a major cause of febrile seizures (17). |
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