An atypical case of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome following acute encephalitis: impact of physiotherapy in regaining locomotor abilities in a patient with neuroregression.
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"An atypical case of febrile infecti..." refers background in this paper
...FIRES, a term often used for pediatric population though applicable for all ages, occurs due to a prior febrile infection beginning between 2 weeks and 24 hours before the onset of the refractory status epilepticus, with or without fever at the onset of status epilepticus [7]....
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"An atypical case of febrile infecti..." refers background in this paper
...Nearly 50 per cent of childhood survivors of infective encephalitis report incomplete long-term recovery [6]....
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"An atypical case of febrile infecti..." refers background in this paper
...5 per cent during the chronic phase [8]....
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"An atypical case of febrile infecti..." refers background in this paper
...The prognosis of FIRES is very poor, and it remains a tough disease to treat [3]....
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...In febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), a child develops a nonspecific febrile illness, which may not persist when the seizure activity begins, that results in status epilepticus [1]....
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...An infectious condition like 'acute encephalitis' can result in FIRES....
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...As per the history and reports, the child fits into the criteria for FIRES, a rare diagnosis....
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...A study conducted by Nicola Specchio and Nicola Pietrafusa in 2020, revealed that 61.2 per cent of patients with FIRES have a normal brain MRI initially, and only 18.5 per cent during the chronic phase [8]....
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