febrile collected from members of both groups and serum samples were prepared. interleukin 1β concentrations were measured using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) kit. we found that there was a difference in serum levels of interleukin 1β between fc and control  group but  it was not  significant. this result may be due to  the low number  of samples  or  the  result  of  i...

febrile convulsion (fc) is the most common seizure disorder in childhood. white blood cell (wbc) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr) are commonly measured in fc. trauma, vomiting and bleeding can also lead to wbc and esr so the blood tests must carefully be interpreted by the clinician. in this cross sectional study 410 children(163 with fc), aged 6 months to 5 years, admitted to bahrami c...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: to evaluate seizure characteristic among multiple sclerosis patients with coexistent seizure activity compared to control group. materials and methods: this study is a cross-sectional study which was conducted by reviewing the clinical records of patients with definite diagnosis of ms according to mcdonald’s criteria from march 2007 to j...

BACKGROUND No studies have had sufficient size to estimate mortality in children with febrile seizures. We studied mortality after febrile seizures in a large population-based cohort of children in Denmark with up to 28 years of follow-up. METHODS We identified 1 675 643 children born in Denmark between Jan 1, 1977, and Dec 31, 2004, by linking information from nationwide registers for civil ...

BACKGROUND Seizure is one of the common causes of childhood hospitalization with significant mortality and morbidity. There is limited data regarding acute seizures episodes form the developing countries. Current study aims to find the common etiology of seizure and classify seizure types in various age groups presenting to tertiary center in Western Nepal. METHODS This was a hospital based r...

A previously well young Filipino boy presented with prolonged recurrent left focal to bilateral seizure. He was born of a non-consanguineous marriage, home-delivered vaginally, full term no perinatal complications. had normal growth and developmental milestones until at the age 7 months when he developed febrile status epilepticus. Since then, residual hemiplegia, dysarthria, cognitive delay se...

OBJECTIVE Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common neurological emergency in childhood. They are divided into two groups accordingly clinical features, simple febrile seizure and complex febrile seizure. Until now laboratory tests have not been used as a parameter of classification of them. The objective of this study is to estimate the usefulness of the hematogical parameters especially neutr...

how to cite this article: sadeghzadeh m, khoshnevis p, mahboubi e. iron status and febrile seizure- a case control study in children less than 3 years. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6(4):27-31. abstract objective: febrile seizure is one of the most common neurological conditions of childhood. several theories, such as iron deficiency anemia have been proposed as the pathogenesis of this cond...

PURPOSE In prematurely born population, a cascade of events from initial injury in the developing brain to morbidity may be followed. The aim of our study was to assess seizures in prematurely born children from birth up to 16 years and to evaluate the contribution of different seizures, and of neurological dysfunction to the seizure outcome. METHODS Pre- and neonatal data and data from neuro...