the relationship between zinc deficiency and febrile convulsion in isfahan,iran

objective â  febrile convulsion (fc) is a common cause of seizure in young children, withâ an excellent prognosis. in addition to genetic predisposition and infections,fcs are generally thought to be induced by metabolic and elemental changesâ during fever such as zinc (zn) deficiency. regarding the high prevalence ofâ febrile convulsions and the role of zn deficiency, we investigated the role of znâ in fc patients in isfahan, iran. â  materials and methods â  in a controlled cross sectional study, 90 patients aged 9 months to 5 yearsâ were studied in a period of 12 months. they were assigned to three groups. thirty patients were included in the febrile seizure group, thirty febrile childrenâ without convulsion or previous history of convulsion were included in theâ febrile group and thirty afebrile healthy ones were enrolled as controls. venous blood was obtained and zn concentration in serum was measured usingâ graphite furnance atomic absorbance spectrophotometering (gf-aas). â  results â  patients and the control groups had no difference in either mean age or sexâ distribution. no significant relationship was observed between serum zn levelâ and age or sex among patients in the fc group and two other control groups.â  â  conclusion â  our findings showed that zinc level was significantly lower in the febrile seizureâ group compared to two other groups. we tried to categorize various conditionsâ in a more practical form. also, zinc is in close relationship with socioeconomicâ level of the individuals which was well considered in the current survey. â