Open AccessThe relationship between iron deficiency anemia and simple febrile convulsion in children
Author(s) -
Parsa Yousefichaijan,
Aziz Eghbali,
Mohammad Rafeie,
Mojtaba Sharafkhah,
Mohaddeseh Zolfi,
Mohammadreza Firouzifar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.139276
Subject(s) - medicine , convulsion , anemia , pediatrics , simple (philosophy) , intensive care medicine , epilepsy , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology
Simple febrile convulsion is the most common disease of the nervous system in children. There are hypotheses that iron deficiency may affect febrile convulsion and the threshold of neuron excitation.