Febrile Seizure Case Study
Hackett R, Hackett l, Bhakta P (1997) conducted A home based survey was done on psychiatric disorders in 8 to12 year old children in Calicut District, Kerala, India. One thousand one hundred and ninety-two consecutive children underwent neurological and psychometric assessments. The projected number of children with a history of febrile seizures was 120 giving a lifetime incidence of 10.1%. Recurrent febrile seizures predominated and these were strongly associated with a history of prenatal adversity. Febrile seizures were independently association with indices of infective illness and mothers' education. Epilepsy developed in 2.7% of children with febrile