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American Family Physician
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Evaluation and Treatment of the Child with Febrile Seizure Up to 5% of children in North America and western Europe experience at least one episode of febrile seizure before six years of age. Most of these seizures are self-limited and patients do not require treatment. |
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American Family Physician
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A Practical Approach to Uncomplicated Seizures in Children Uncomplicated seizures and epilepsy are common in infants and children. Not all uncomplicated childhood seizures require neuroimaging or treatment... |
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American Family Physician
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American Family Physician
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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Often misdiagnosed and treated for epilepsy, these seizures are unique in that they do not have a neurologic origin. |
American Family Physician
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children When diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia, physicians should rely mainly on the patient's history and physical examination, supplemented by judicious use of chest radiographs and laboratory tests as needed. |
