Respiratory alkalosis: "basic" mechanism of febrile seizures?

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Andrey M Mazarati. Epilepsy Curr. 2007 Jan-Feb.

. 2007 Jan-Feb;7(1):25-7.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2007.00158.x.

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Experimental febrile seizures are precipitated by a hyperthermia-induced respiratory alkalosis.
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