NORSE Versus FIRES: What's in a Name?

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Katherine Nickels. Epilepsy Curr. 2018 Sep-Oct.

. 2018 Sep-Oct;18(5):301-303.

doi: 10.5698/1535-7597.18.5.301.

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Proposed consensus definitions for new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE), febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), and related conditions.
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