Clinical Features of Prolonged Febrile Seizures

Abstract

The results of a prospective, multicenter study of 119 children (age 1 month through 5 years) with prolonged febrile seizures (30 min or longer) are reported from Montefiore Medical Center, and Columbia University, New York; Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago; and other members of the FEBSTAT study group.

Keywords

• prolonged febrile seizures
• epilepticus
• temporal lobe epilepsy