| Abstract: | Summary Magnesium levels in the serum and in the C.S.F. in 100 children presenting with febrile convulsions were determined. This was repeated in 36 children after 2 weeks, of which 23 could be re-examined after a further period of 2 weeks. Nearly one-half of the cases on admission had magnesium levels in the serum lower than the average observed in normal children in this region and in over two-thirds of the cases the levels in the C.S.F. were lower than the average in the same region. The C.S.F. magnesium levels rose after 2–4 weeks. This was not found in the case of serum levels. These findings bear out the suggestion made in a pervious communication that there is some aetiological relationship between the magnesium levels in these two body fluids on the one hand and febrile convulsions on the other. From the Department of Pediatrics, M.G.M. Medical College and M.Y. Hospital, Indore. (M.P.) |
