Neurology · Neurology / Epilepsy; Neurocritical care
Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome
also: FIRES
Devastating epileptic encephalopathy with refractory status epilepticus after a febrile illness.
- Specialty
- Neurology
- Subspecialty
- Neurology / Epilepsy; Neurocritical care
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: slightly more common; Female: affected; Children: yes, school-age children mostly
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- FIRES
Etiology & mechanism
Cause unknown; presumed inflammatory.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (4)
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