Open AccessClinical profile and treatment outcome of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome in South Indian children
Author(s) -
Sandeep B. Patil,
Arun Grace Roy,
Kollencheri Puthenveettil Vinayan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.173305
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , status epilepticus , coma (optics) , cohort , encephalopathy , refractory (planetary science) , epilepsy , retrospective cohort study , anesthesia , physics , psychiatry , astrobiology , optics
To describe the clinical features and outcome of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), a catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy, in a cohort of South Indian children.