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. 2022 Dec;61(6):103498.
doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2022.103498. Epub 2022 Jul 2.

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

Yasemin Coban  1 , Yilmaz Akbas  2 , Gokcen Oz Tuncer  3 , Alper Koker  4 , Sultan Aydın Koker  5
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Combined immunoglobulin and plasmapheresis treatment for Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)

Yasemin Coban et al. Transfus Apher Sci. 2022 Dec.

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.

Keywords: Febrile; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Plasmapheresis; Seizures.

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