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Febrile Convulsions

Known as: Febrile Convulsion Seizures, Seizures, Fever, convulsion fever 
Seizures that occur during a febrile episode. It is a common condition, affecting 2-5% of children aged 3 months to five years. An autosomal dominant… 
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EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, CHILDHOOD-ONSETEPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, EARLY INFANTILE, 19Epilepsy, Myoclonic, InfantileFEBRILE CONVULSIONS, FAMILIAL, 1 (disorder)

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FEBRILE CONVULSIONS, FAMILIAL, 5FEBRILE CONVULSIONS, FAMILIAL, 7 (disorder)FEBRILE CONVULSIONS, FAMILIAL, 8Febrile Convulsions, Familial, 10

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FeverSeizuresnervous system disorder

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The accuracy of clinical symptoms and signs for the diagnosis of serious bacterial infection in young febrile children: prospective cohort study of 15 781 febrile illnesses
Objectives To evaluate current processes by which young children presenting with a febrile illness but suspected of having… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Emergence of Carbapenem resistant Gram negative and vancomycin resistant Gram positive organisms in bacteremic isolates of febrile neutropenic patients: A descriptive study
AbstractBackgroundThis study was conducted to evaluate drug resistance amongst bacteremic isolates of febrile neutropenic… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Predictors of epilepsy surgery outcome: a meta-analysis
Review
2002
Review
2002
Epilepsy after brain insult: Targeting epileptogenesis
Article abstractSeizures and epilepsy are common sequelae of acute brain insults such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, and… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Incidence and Clinical Characterization of Unprovoked Seizures in Adults: A Prospective Population‐Based Study
In a population‐based prospective study of epileptic seizures in adults aged ≥17 years, we identified 563 patients with possible… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Early childhood prolonged febrile convulsions, atrophy and sclerosis of mesial structures, and temporal lobe epilepsy
We performed MRI volumetric measurements of the amygdala (AM) and hippocampal formation (HF) in a group of 43 patients with… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Association of Torulopsis glabrata infections with fluconazole prophylaxis in neutropenic bone marrow transplant patients
Because the use of fluconazole prophylaxis had been associated with an increased rate of Candida krusei infections at The John… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
National General Practice Study of Epilepsy: newly diagnosed epileptic seizures in a general population.
The National General Practice Study of Epilepsy is a prospective population-based cohort study of 1195 patients with newly… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Frontal lobes and the temporal organization of memory.
Evidence for a major involvement of the frontal cortex in various aspects of the temporal organization of memory has emerged from… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Injections of kainic acid into the amygdaloid complex of the rat: An electrographic, clinical and histological study in relation to the pathology of epilepsy
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