title: When your child with epilepsy dies suddenly: febrile seizures are part of the process?
abstract: Febrile seizures (FS) affect almost 2-5% of children and factors related to an increase susceptibility of children to FS may involve an imbalance of inflammatory cytokines and genetic factors. FS had low morbidity, but may be associated with the occurrence of late chronic epilepsy. Here we describe factors related to FS and its possible correlation with SUDEP.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Cirurgia de Epilepsia, Departamento de Neurociências e Ciências do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. v.c.terra@rnp.fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Vera C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Terra
authors.forename: Hélio R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Américo C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Ricardo M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Arida
authors.forename: Fulvio A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Scorza
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000150:complications*