Combined immunoglobulin and plasmapheresis treatment for Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)

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2022

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Çoban, Yasemin
Akbaş, Yılmaz
Öz Tuncer, Gökcen
Köker, Alper
Aydın Köker, Sultan

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Coban, Y., Y. Akbas, G. O. Tuncer, A. Koker, and S. A. Koker. 2022. "Combined Immunoglobulin and Plasmapheresis Treatment for Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)." Transfusion and Apheresis Science. doi:10.1016/j.transci.2022.103498

Abstract

Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) is a rarely observed and destructive syndrome progressing with resistant seizures or refractory status epilepticus. In this report we present in a treatment procedure with plasmapheresis of a pediatric patient with FIRES and currently unknown etiology in order to contribute to the literature.

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Transfusion and Apheresis Science

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2022.103498
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12809/10164

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