Generalized Epilepsy and Febrile Seizures Syndrome

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-1-1

Keywords:

Febrile Seizure, Self-Limited Epilepsies, Nonfebrile Seizures

Abstract

A childhood-onset, genetic epilepsy syndrome, recently described in a single Australian family and characterized as “generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus” (GEFS+), is reported in an additional 63 patients from 9 families evaluated at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Published

1999-01-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders