INTRODUCTION Febrile seizure is among the most common convulsion disorders in children, which strikes 2% to 5% of children between 3 to 60 months of age. Some studies have reported that iron deficiency could be a risk factor for febrile seizure. The present study was conducted to compare the rate of iron deficiency anemia in febrile children with and without seizure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thi...

how to cite this article: sadeghzadeh m, khoshnevis p, mahboubi e. iron status and febrile seizure- a case control study in children less than 3 years. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6(4):27-31. abstract objective: febrile seizure is one of the most common neurological conditions of childhood. several theories, such as iron deficiency anemia have been proposed as the pathogenesis of this cond...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of different antipyretic agents and their highest recommended doses for preventing febrile seizures. DESIGN Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. SETTING Five hospitals, each working as the only pediatric hospital in its region. PARTICIPANTS A total of 231 children who experienced their first febrile seizure between January 1, 1997, and Dec...

BACKGROUND No studies have had sufficient size to estimate mortality in children with febrile seizures. We studied mortality after febrile seizures in a large population-based cohort of children in Denmark with up to 28 years of follow-up. METHODS We identified 1 675 643 children born in Denmark between Jan 1, 1977, and Dec 31, 2004, by linking information from nationwide registers for civil ...

This study sought to determine diurnal variations in febrile convulsions, and to investigate whether such variations influenced the severity of febrile convulsions. The study involved 326 children, between ages 6 months and 6 years, with simple febrile convulsions. Data were collected systematically by interviewing witnesses within the week after febrile convulsions occurred. The frequency of f...

abstract objective febrile convulsions (fc) are the most common convulsive events in childhood, occurring in 2-5% of children. about one third of these children will have  a recurrence during a subsequent febrile infection. this sudden neurologic problem is extremely frightening and emotionally traumatic for parents so some physicians try to prevent recurrence of fc by prescribing different dru...