Hong Kong Medical Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org.hk
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical profile and outcome of children admitted for first febrile seizure (FS) in Hong Kong. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed for all children admitted to Queen Mary Hospital with first episode of FS for during a 5 years period (March 1998 - March 2003) was conducted. FS is defined as “an event in a neurologically healthy infant or child aged 6 months to 5 years, associated with fever >38ΟC but without evidence of intracranial infection or a defined cause and with no …published_or_final_versio