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Patients with circumscribed, potentially epileptogenic mass lesions were excluded. Fifty\u2010four patients (81%) had histories of convulsions during early childhood or infancy, 52 of which were associated with fever. Complicated febrile seizures occurred in 33 (94%) of the 35 patients in whom detailed descriptions of the febrile seizures were available. Bacterial (5) or viral (2) central nervous system infections were present in 7 patients with seizures and fevers. Other less common, but probably significant, risk factors included head trauma (10%) and birth trauma (3%). Only 5 patients had no apparent risk factors. The mean age at habitual seizure onset was 9 years. All patients had complex partial seizures, with half having <jats:italic>only<\/jats:italic> complex partial seizures. The other half also had secondarily generalized tonic\u2010clonic seizures, but these were never the predominant seizure type. Only 3 patients had histories of convulsive status epilepticus and no patient had a history of nonconvulsive status epilepticus. All but 3 patients reported auras before some or all of their seizures, with an abdominal visceral sensation being by far the most common type of aura (61%). Of the 60 patients with identified risk factors, all but 2 had an interval between the presumed cerebral insult and the development of habitual seizures, with a mean seizure\u2010free interval of 7.5 years. Fifteen patients developed a seizure\u2010free interval following onset of habitual seizures, with a mean duration of 5.9 years. In 22 patients, the seizures had an evolutionary pattern, with seizures becoming progressively more elaborate over time. We conclude (1) there is a very strong relationship between complicated febrile seizures during early childhood or infancy and the later development of medial temporal lobe epilepsy; (2) habitual seizures in most patients from this population begin during, or shortly after, the first decade of life; (3) complex partial seizures are seen in all such patients; (4) generalized tonic\u2010clonic seizures are not a predominant seizure type in these patients, and convulsive status epilepticus in uncommon; (5) nonconvulsive status epilepticus rarely, if ever, occurs in these patients; (6) auras, particularly abdominal visceral sensations, are very common; and (7) medial temporal lobe epilepsy can be a progressive disease as evidenced by silent intervals and progressive elaboration of seizures.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/ana.410340604","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,1,1]],"date-time":"2005-01-01T15:57:21Z","timestamp":1104595041000},"page":"774-780","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":712,"title":["Characteristics of medial temporal lobe epilepsy: I. 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