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Grand mal seizure A febrile seizure is a generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure that occurs in some children as a response to a fever. Febrile seizures are usually associated with rapidly rising fevers, and usually occur early in the fever rather than later.
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| Review Date: 8/17/2004 12:00:00 AM
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