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Acceptability - a neglected dimension of access to health care: findings from a study on childhood convulsions in rural Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Acceptability is a poorly conceptualized dimension of access to health care. Using a study on childhood convulsion in rural Tanzania, we examined social acceptability from a user perspective.
Alexander Schulze, Lengeler, Christian, Hetzel, Manuel W, Christian Lengeler, Dillip, Angel, Weiss, Mitchell G, Manuel W Hetzel, Obrist, Brigit, Weiss, Mitchell G., Hetzel, Manuel, Sandra Alba, Hassan Mshinda, Mitchell G Weiss, Brigit Obrist, Iddy Mayumana, Alba, Sandra, Mayumana, Iddy, Schulze, Alexander, Hetzel, Manuel W., Angel Dillip, Christopher Mshana, Mshana, Christopher, Mshinda, Hassan   +22 more
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Febrile Convulsions in Families [PDF]

, 1966
In a well-studied community of 3,953 individuals under 20 years of age, 142 or 3.6 per cent had a history of one or more proven febrile seizures. Certain families are more FC-prone.
Stanley H. Schuman, Larry J. Miller, Miller, Larry, Schuman, Stanley H.   +3 more
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Can Bite-Sized Teaching Sessions Affect Mothers' Recognition and Management of Febrile Convulsions among Their Children? [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Background: In low-resource settings, mothers often lack the concise, actionable knowledge needed to recognize and manage febrile convulsions in young children.
Eman Habib Sadek, Shimaa Mohammed Moursy, Tanazor Hemdan Abdelhamed Morsi, Hanan Azouz Abd Elhay   +3 more
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Postictal Assessment of Serum Copeptin Level in Children with Convulsion [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal
Background: The most prevalent form of childhood seizure disease is febrile convulsion. Measuring copeptin has been demonstrated to be helpful in a number of therapeutic indications for numerous diseases. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic role of
Ehab Abdel Salam, Ezzat Amin Mohamed, Lamiaa Kamel, Ahmed Abd-Elhameed Ali, Elsayed Taha Ibrahim   +4 more
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Research progress of febrile convulsions in children (小儿高热惊厥研究进展)

中西医结合护理, 2023
T　he febrile convulsions is a common type of Convulsive disorders in children, affecting children and their parents physical and psychological health.
ZHU Xueshu (朱雪姝), LIU Yuping (刘玉平), CHEN Pinging (陈萍萍), HU Mochou (胡莫愁)   +3 more
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Cytokines and Febrile Convulsions

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2001
The production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1B, IL-6, and TNF-a), and anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 13 children 2 weeks after a febrile convulsion and in 11 without a history of febrile convulsion,
J Gordon Millichap
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Clinical trials show similar safety outcomes including febrile convulsion rates for GSK’s and Merck’s measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines produced by GSK (GSK-MMR) and Merck (Merck-MMR) have demonstrated effectiveness and an acceptable safety profile, as documented over decades of post-licensure use in various regions worldwide.
Md Ahsan Habib, Michael Povey, Giacomo Casabona, Tina Singh, Remon Abu-Elyazeed   +4 more
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Idiopathic familial temporal lobe epilepsy with febrile convulsions [PDF]

, 2002
Efforts to duplicate the genetic and molecular breakthroughs of autosomal dominant frontal lobe epilepsy have lead to increased interest in familial temporal lobe epilepsy. In this report we describe three kindreds.
Ward, N., Evanson, J., Cockerell, O.C.
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Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes of Febrile Seizures

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1998
Of approximately 14,000 children enrolled in a British Child Health and Education Study, 398 identified with febrile convulsions (FC) were assessed at age 10 years at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, and the University of Bristol, UK.
J Gordon Millichap
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Prevalence of Lassa Virus Disease (LVD) in Nigerian children with fever or fever and convulsions in an endemic area.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundConvulsions with fever in children are a common neurologic emergency in the tropics, and determining the contribution of endemic viral infections can be challenging.
Odigie C Akhuemokhan, Rosemary O Ewah-Odiase, Nosa Akpede, Jacqueline Ehimuan, Donatus I Adomeh, Ikpomwonsa Odia, Sylvia C Olomu, Meike Pahlmann, Beate Becker-Ziaja, Christian T Happi, Danny A Asogun, Sylvanus A Okogbenin, Peter O Okokhere, Osagie S Dawodu, Irekpono U Omoike, Pardis C Sabeti, Stephan Günther, George O Akpede   +17 more
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