Can fever treat epileptic encephalopathies?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-61

  Pintaudi, Maria ^a   Eisermann, Monika M ^b,c   Ville, Dorothée ^b,c   Plouin, Perrine ^c   Dulac, Olivier ^d   Kaminska, Anna ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Epileptic encephalopathy; Fever; Improvement; Late onset infantile spasms; Seizures cessation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ETIOLOGY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 35348919957     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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