Copeptin as a serum biomarker of febrile seizures.

Accurate diagnosis of febrile seizures in children presenting after paroxysmal episodes associated with fever, is hampered by the lack of objective postictal biomarkers. The aim of our study was to investigate whether FS are associated with increased levels of serum copeptin, a robust marker of argi...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Stöcklin, Sotirios Fouzas, Paula Schillinger, Sevgi Cayir, Roswitha Skendaj, Michel Ramser, Peter Weber, Sven Wellmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4404343?pdf=render