Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Gene Promotor Variant, Not Interleukin-10, with Febrile Seizures and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizure Plus

• Main Authors: Jieun Choi (Author), Sun Ah Choi (Author), Soo Yeon Kim (Author), Hunmin Kim (Author), Byung Chan Lim (Author), Hee Hwang (Author), Jong Hee Chae (Author), Ki Joong Kim (Author), Sohee Oh (Author), Jeon-Soo Shin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Child Neurology Society, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose Cytokines demonstrate active roles in the occurrence of febrile seizures (FS). However, whether a genetic predisposition to inflammation is implicated in FS, febrile seizure plus (FS+) or genetic epilepsy with febrile seizure plus (GEFS+) are still unclear. Therefore we perform this study to...