All infants with first febrile convulsions episode | Infants younger than 1 year with first febrile convulsions episode | ||||||
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Primary HHV-6 infection (n = 19) | No primary HHV-6 infection (n = 60) | p Value | Primary HHV-6 infection (n = 12) | No primary HHV-6 infection (n = 10) | p Value | ||
Recurrent febrile convulsions | |||||||
Under 6 months | 1 | 1 | NS | 1 | 1 | NS | |
Family history of febrile convulsions | 6 | 10 | NS | 4 | 1 | NS | |
Epilepsy | |||||||
Mental retardation | 0 | 1 | NS | 0 | 1 | NS | |
Family history of epilepsy | 0 | 0 | NS | 0 | 0 | NS | |
Atypical seizures2-150 | 11 | 13 | < 0.01 | 8 | 2 | < 0.05 |
↵2-150 Partial seizures and/or long lasting seizures more than 15–20 minutes in duration and/or clustering (two or more) seizures within 24 hours after onset.
NS, not significant.