Febrile infection-related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES): a severe encephalopathy with status epilepticus. Literature review and presentation of two new cases

• Main Authors: Piero Pavone (Author), Giovanni Corsello (Author), Umberto Raucci (Author), Riccardo Lubrano (Author), Enrico Parano (Author), Martino Ruggieri (Author), Filippo Greco (Author), Silvia Marino (Author), Raffaele Falsaperla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract FIRES is defined as a disorder that requires a prior febrile infection starting between 2 weeks and 24 h before the onset of the refractory status epilepticus with or without fever at the onset of status epilepticus. The patients, previously normal, present in the acute phase recurrent seiz...