Clinical features of benign infantile convulsions: familial and sporadic cases.
The authors describe the so-called benign convulsions of infancy and confirm the existence of benign nonfamilial infantile convulsions during the first 2 years of life and their benign course. The authors evaluated 58 patients: 17 subjects had a family history of benign epilepsy, and 41 did not. No clinical differences were observed between the two groups.
Franzoni
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, Italy. emilio.franzoni@unibo.it
Bracceschi
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Colonnelli
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MC
Errani
A
A
Ucchino
V
V
Malaspina
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E
Moscano
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F
Cecconi
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I
Tzolas
V
V
Marchiani
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V
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D020936:Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
D000927:Anticonvulsants