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The causes of pyrexia in 100 cases of febrile seizures were studied. The fever was due to a viral infection in 71 percent, primary complex in 15 percent, due to bronchopneumonia and lobar pneumonia in 8 per cent and 1 per cent cases were due to otitis media. No case of urinary tract infection, enteric fever or infective diarrhea was seen.
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Ramakrishan, K., Mathew, K.N. & Thomas, K. Causes of fever in febrile seizures. Indian J Pediatr 49, 367–369 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834426
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