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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
2011
Highly Cited
2011
A Persistent Little Current with a Big Impact on Epileptic Firing
Commentary Inward sodium current through specific membrane proteins (channels) constitutes the currency of neuronal firing. The… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies Recognized by the International League Against Epilepsy
Summary:  There are eight syndromes currently recognized by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) that would fit the… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Risk Factors for Febrile Convulsions
Background. Little is known about the relative importance of genes and early environment in the etiology of febrile convulsions… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Increasing the efficiency of emergency medical services by using criteria based dispatch.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Interictal cerebral metabolism in partial epilepsies of neocortical origin
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Seizures and cerebral infarction in the full‐term newborn
Cerebral arterial infarction is a more common cause of neonatal seizures than has previously appreciated. In 50 full‐term… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Moxalactam plus piperacillin versus moxalactam plus amikacin in febrile granulocytopenic patients.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Intrauterine devices and acute pelvic inflammatory disease.
One of the most serious problems among women using the intrauterine device (IUD) has been pelvic inflammatory disease (PID… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
ECHO Type 9 Virus Disease. Virologically Controlled Clinical and Epídemiologic Observations during 1957, Epidemic in Milwaukee with Notes on Concurrent Similar Diseases associated with Coxsackie. and…
Large numbers of febrile illnesses associated with a great variety of clinical manifestations occur among children and adults… 
Highly Cited
1937
Highly Cited
1937
RELAPSING FEBRILE NODULAR NONSUPPURATIVE PANNICULITIS: (WEBER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE)
In 1925, under the title "relapsing nonsuppurative nodular panniculitis," Weber 1 described an unusual clinical syndrome which… 
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