Lower Plasma Neuropeptide Y Level in Patients With Atypical Febrile Convulsions

Lower Plasma Neuropeptide Y Level in Patients With Atypical Febrile Convulsions

Febrile convulsion (FC) is the most common neurological disease in children. Cases with seizures that persist for more than 15 minutes or recurrent seizures within the same febrile illness are considered to be atypical and may have a different prognosis. Neuropeptide Y (NPY), an endogenous anticonvu...

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Main Authors: Lung-Chang Lin, Wei-Te Lee, I-Ju Chen, Rei-Cheng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
febrile convulsion
neuropeptide Y
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X10700024

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