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Acute-onset epilepsy triggered by fever mimicking FIRES (febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome): The role of protocadherin 19 (PCDH19) gene mutation
21 Jul 2011
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To report differences and similarities between febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) and epilepsy in female patients with protocadherin 19 (PCDH19) mutation. These are two recently described epileptic conditions characterized by drug-resistant epilepsy and cognitive impairment. We report, as exemplification, one of our patients with acute-onset epilepsy triggered by fever with clinical course...
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