Birth characteristics and risk of febrile seizures.

Kirstine J ChristensenJulie W DreierLine SkotteBjarke FeenstraJakob GroveAnders BørglumMitja MitrovicChris CotsapasJakob Christensen

Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2021)

The risk of febrile seizures increased with decreasing birth weight and gestational age at birth. The association between low gestational age at birth and age at first febrile seizure suggests that onset of febrile seizures is associated with the stage of brain development.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
urinary tract infection
preterm birth
chemotherapy induced
temporal lobe epilepsy
white matter
multiple sclerosis
pregnant women
weight gain
brain injury
blood brain barrier
resting state
weight loss
functional connectivity
subarachnoid hemorrhage