Epilepsia 57 (7): 1042 - 1047, 2016. doi: 10.1111 / epi.13418 Diagnosis of Febrile Seizures Exclusion of other causes clinically or sometimes by testing (See also the American Academy of Pediatrics Subcommittee on Febrile Seizures' guidelines for the neurodiagnostic evaluation of the child with a simple febrile seizure [2011].)