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Inclusion Criteria: * Children had a diagnosis of first febrile seizure based on the definition of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) in 1993. That was a seizure occurring in childhood after one month of age associated with a febrile illness not caused by an infection of the central nervous system, without previous neonatal seizures or a previous unprovoked seizure, and not meeting the criteria for other acute symptomatic seizures. Fever is clinically a temperature of at least 38°C by any method as recorded either in the emergency department, outpatient clinics, or as noted in the medical history, as well as measured upon admission to the inpatient departments. * Patients were between 1 month and 8 years of age * Agreement from parents with written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Febrile paroxysmal events were atypical for seizures * Underlying neurological conditions that increase the likelihood of epilepsy * Unwillingness to return for follow-up