Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) treated with immunomodulation in an 8-year-old boy and review of the literature

Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) is a catastrophic epilepsy syndrome which is characterized by acute onset of refractory status epilepticus following a febrile infection occurring in previously normal children. Despite the various treatment options that have been tried, exact tre...

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Published in:	The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Main Authors:	Caner Alparslan, Fulya Kamit-Can, Ayşe Berna Anıl, Nihal Olgaç-Dündar, Dilek Çavuşoğlu, Zeynep Göç
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2017-08-01
Subjects:	child epilepsy febrile infection intravenous immunoglobulin syndrome
Online Access:	https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1015