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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
A case control study was conducted to investigate the association of family history of febrile seizures (FS) and history of maternal, pregnancy and delivery, and postnatal factors with FS. Information was gathered by door-to-door survey in six major cities in the People's Republic of China. Factors present before the date of onset of FS were assessed in 182 subjects and in an equal number of controls matched for age, sex, and geographic area. The odds ratio for risk of FS in children with a family history of FS in a first-degree relative was 10.0 (confidence interval 2.7-58.6), confirming other observations that familial factors are an important predisposing characteristic for FS. Maternal acute respiratory infection during the first trimester of pregnancy was slightly more frequent in children with FS (odds ratio, 1.9 confidence interval 1.0-3.9). None of the other examined pregnancy or delivery factors was associated with an increased risk, suggesting that birth history is not an important factor predisposing to FS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0013-9580
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
510-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Child, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-China, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Delivery, Obstetric, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Epilepsy, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Obstetric Labor Complications, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Pregnancy Complications, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Pregnancy Trimester, First, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Respiratory Tract Infections, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1868808-Seizures, Febrile
pubmed:articleTitle
Risk factors for febrile seizures in the People's Republic of China: a case control study.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurological Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article