title: Late febrile convulsions: a clinical follow-up.
abstract: A joint study was performed on patients from the Pediatric Clinics of Catania and Modena. Two hundred and twenty-two children who presented with febrile convulsions (FC) after the age of six years (LFC) were followed up in order to evaluate the risk of recurrence and type of convulsions. The overall results showed that 94 patients out of 222 (42.3%) had subsequent fits, both febrile and afebrile. The present study suggests that the risk of subsequent afebrile crises in LFC is higher (15.8%) than observed after "simple" FC (2-3%) and similar to that reported after "complex" FC (13-17%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pavone
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Cavazzuti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Incorpora
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benatti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ciccarone
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants