Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES): Pathogenesis, treatment, and outcome: A multicenter study on 77 children

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1956-1965

  Kramer, Uri ^a   Chi, Ching Shiang ^b   Lin, Kuang Lin ^c   Specchio, Nicola ^d   Sahin, Mustafa ^e   Olson, Heather ^e   Nabbout, Rima ^f   Kluger, Gerhard ^g   Lin, Jainn Jim ^h   Van Baalen, Andreas ⁱ  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^g Epilepsy Center for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

^h PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burst suppression; Children; Epilepsy; Refractory; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE INFECTION RELATED EPILEPSY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80255136276     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03250.x     Document Type: Article

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