EEG after Febrile Seizure is Predictive of Epilepsy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-4-1

Keywords:

Febrile Seizure, Paroxysmal Spike, Frontal Paroxysms

Abstract

Researchers in pediatric neurology and electroencephalography at the University of Yamanashi, Japan, studied the EEG in children referred within 7-20 days after a febrile seizure (FS), and determined the utility of localization of paroxysmal discharges as a predictor for subsequent epilepsy.

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Published

2012-04-01

Issue

Section

Electroencephalography