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KMID : 0378019720150070087
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New Medical Journal
1972 Volume.15 No. 7 p.87 ~ p.93
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The Clinical Obesrvation on Convulsive Disorders in Children
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Abstract
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A total of 342 cases with convulsive disorders, who admitted to the Korea University Woo Sok Hospital from January, 1968 to August, 1971 were studied.
The most frequent age group of convulsion was from one to three years of age which comprise 26. 3% of total convulsive disorder cases.
The main causes of convulsive disorder were acute febrile convulsion, 110 (32. 2%), and others were
associated with tuberculous meningitis (14. 0%), purulent meni ngitis(10. 2%), epilepsy(8.8%), aseptic meningitis (6.4%), and tetanus (4.4%).
The most frequent age group of acute febrile convulsion was from one and three years of age, and
the major etiologic factor was acute pharyngotonsillitis (50.9%). The most frequent degree of body
temperature was 38-40°C by axilla, and some evidence of genetic influence in children having febrile seizure was observed.
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