To the Editors, I read with interest the article by Vahidnia and colleagues regarding the risk of febrile convulsions among children whose mothers smoked cigarettes and/or drank alcohol during pregnancy. Maternal smoking has been linked to multiple adverse outcomes both in pregnant mothers and in their infants. Vahidnia et al. add to the existing evidence that in utero cigarette smoke exposure ...

BACKGROUND Changes in levels of trace elements have been proposed to underlie febrile seizures. Particularly, low zinc levels have been proposed as related factor of febrile seizure. In this study, we investigated whether mean serum zinc levels differed between children with febrile seizure and afebrile seizure. METHODS Using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, serum zinc levels wer...

how to cite this article: afsharkhas l, tavasoli a. renal function in children with febrile convulsions.iran j child neurol. 2014 autumn;8(4):57-61. abstract objective febrile convulsions (fc) are the most frequent seizure disorder in children. some studies have detected serum electrolyte disturbances in patients with fc. this study determines serum electrolytes, renal function tests, and frequ...

  Background Seizures may occur in as many as 1% of children. The most urgent type of seizures is generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS). N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) has been considered as a promising biomarker in numerous acute illnesses. We aimed to evaluate usefulness of NT‐proBNP for diagnosis of g...

Background: Seizure disorder is a common neurologic condition that affects 10% of kids. Febrile seizures are in children between the ages three months and five, with risk factors including genetics, age, gender, fever, type duration seizures, family developmental history, multiple perinatal exposure to anti-retroviral medications, pre-existing abnormalities. Risk include fever-induced substance...

how to cite this article: salehi b, yousefichaijan p, safi arian s, ebrahimi s, naziri m. comparison of relation between adhd in children with and without simple febrile seizure admitted in arak amir-kabir hospital on 2010-2011. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(3):56-61. abstract objective febrile seizure is one of the most prevalent childhood convulsions with the most common age of onset a...

objective: the aim of our study was to find the relationship of mpv (mean platelet volume) levels and platelet counts as markers of inflammation between simple and complex febrile seizures. methods: in this retrospective comparative study, we investigated the recordings of 356 children between 5 months and 6 years with diagnosis of simple and complex febrile seizure (sfs&cfs;) between march 201...

objective whatever the health field, compliance with the recommended practice guidelines or parameters for diagnosis by specialists and expert health professionals benefits the patients. this study was conducted to determine the whether or not these guidelines or parameters are applied to the evaluation of children with first simple febrile convulsion (sfc) in a regional teaching hospital. mate...

how to cite this article: saeedi borujeni mj, hami j, haghir h, rastin m, sazegargh. evaluation of bax and bcl-2 proteins expression in the rat hippocampus due to childhood febrile seizure. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):53-60. abstract objective simple febrile seizure (sfs) is the most common seizure disorder in childhood, and is frequently described as inoffensive disorder. neverthel...

OBJECTIVE To assess the rate of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) among children who present with their first complex febrile seizure (CFS). DESIGN AND METHODS This study was a retrospective, cohort review of patients aged 6 to 60 months who were evaluated in a pediatric emergency department (ED) between 1995 and 2008 for their first CFS. Cases were identified by using a computerized text sear...