familial febrile seizures

Introduction

seizures associated with febrile episodes in childhood without any evidence of intracranial infection or defined pathologic or traumatic cause

Epidemiology

• common condition, affecting 2-5% of children aged 3 months to 5 years

Clinical manifestations

• majority are simple febrile seizures (generally defined as generalized onset, single seizures with a duration of less than 30 minutes)
• complex febrile seizures are characterized by focal onset, duration greater than 30 minutes, &/or more than one seizure in a 24 hour period
• the likelihood of developing epilepsy following simple febrile seizures is low.
• complex febrile seizures are associated with a moderately increased incidence of epilepsy

More general terms

• febrile seizure
• genetic disease of the central nervous system

More specific terms

• familial febrile seizure 4
• familial febrile seizures type 3
• familial febrile seizures type 8