Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES): A nonencephalitic encephalopathy in childhood

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1323-1328

  Van Baalen, Andreas ^a   Häusler, Martin ^b   Boor, Rainer ^a   Rohr, Axel ^a   Sperner, Jürgen ^c   Kurlemann, Gerhard ^d   Panzer, Axel ^e   Stephani, Ulrich ^a   Kluger, Gerhard ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d UKM   (Germany)

^e Department of Plastic Surgery/Migraine Surgery   (Germany)

^f Neuropediatric Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epilepsy; Fever; Infection; Neuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE INFECTION RELATED EPILEPSY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEVER; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SYNDROME;

EID: 77954514119     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02535.x     Document Type: Article

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