FIRES: Febrile infection responsive epileptic (FIRE) encephalopathies of school age

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-

  van Baalen, Andreas ^a   Stephani, Ulrich ^a   Kluger, Gerhard ^b   Häusler, Martin ^c   Dulac, Olivier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Centre for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR EPSILON2 ANTIBODY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEBRILE INFECTION RESPONSIVE EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 57649109773     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.05.004     Document Type: Letter

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