Fifty children, 24 female and 26 male, with ages varying from 6 to 72 months (mean = 23.7 m.) that experienced at least one febrile seizure (FS) entered a prospective study of intermittent therapy with clobazam. Cases with severe neurological abnormalities, progressive neurological disease, afebrile seizures, symptomatic seizures of other nature, or seizures during a central nervous system infe...

Jacqueline A. French, MD WHAT DID THE RESEARCHERS DO? The investigators wanted to learn more about whether a common condition called “febrile seizures” was harmful to the brain.1 They also looked at whether they could increase the risk of developing epilepsy later. Febrile seizures are defined as seizures that occur in children with a high fever (over 101°F). They are common in children under t...

OBJECTIVES To examine the degree of hippocampal atrophy in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and proved hippocampal sclerosis to determine whether or not patients with febrile seizures have more severe hippocampal atrophy. To determine whether or not there is a relation between age of seizure onset, duration of temporal lobe epilepsy, or seizure frequency, and severity of hippocampal atrophy...

Background: Long-term outcomes following febrile seizures in African children are not well described, but malaria-associated seizures are a risk factor for epilepsy. Design/Methods: 107 consecutive children admitted with febrile seizures (FS group) were age-matched to concurrently admitted children with febrile illness and no seizure, or febrile illness only (FIO). Quarterly follow-up assessmen...

Febrile seizures are a benign condition of childhood, and most children will have only one episode in their lifetime. Nevertheless, any seizure is a cause of major concern in the patient’s family, and there is much discussion in the literature on when and whether to treat febrile seizures, as well as on what constitutes the best therapeutic approach. This review summarizes the current evidence ...

how to cite this article: ghasemi f, valizadeh f, taee n. iron-deficiency anemia in children with febrile seizure: a case-control study. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):38-44. objective considering the recurrence of febrile seizure and costs for families, many studies have attempted to identify its risk factors. some recent studies have reported that anemia is more common in children with...