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A simple febrile seizure with focal onset
Sophie Hamelin1, Laurent Vercueil2
1Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Inserm U836, Université Joseph Fourier, Centre Hospitalier Pierre Oudot, Bourgoin-Jallieu.
Abstract:
Simple febrile seizures last for less than 10 minutes and resolve spontaneously, in the context of a febrile illness, without focal features or recurrence during the subsequent 24 hours. We report the case of fortuitous video-EEG recording of a FS, clinically classified as "simple", which demonstrated a focal, temporal onset. This clinical finding is in agreement with animal model studies demonstrating focal onset.
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