@article {Livingsron676, author = {Livingsron, Samuel and Pauli, Lydia L and Pruce, Irving}, title = {What Are Nonepileptic Seizures?}, volume = {65}, number = {3}, pages = {676--677}, year = {1980}, publisher = {American Academy of Pediatrics}, abstract = {We are writing in regard to the impressive article by Nelson and Ellenberg (Pediatrics 61:720, 1978), in which the authors present data based on the findings of a National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Collaborative Perinatal Project (NCPP). The study of 1,706 children concerns the consequences of seizures associated with an elevated temperature, and their relationship to certain "risk factors." In our opinion, the most important of the results of the NCPP investigation is the finding that the development of epilepsy subsequent to a simple febrile convulsive disorder is infrequent (0.9\%), a finding that we initially reported in 1954.1}, issn = {0031-4005}, URL = {https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/65/3/676}, eprint = {https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/65/3/676.full.pdf}, journal = {Pediatrics} }