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Gastroenteritis-related afebrile seizure

MedGen UID:
1717162
•Concept ID:
C5397898
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0032893

Definition

Afebrile (less than 38.0 degrees Celcius), brief, and generalized seizures accompanying gastroenteritis without an alternative cause. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVGastroenteritis-related afebrile seizure

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinical characterization of gastroenteritis-related seizures in children: impact of fever and serum sodium levels.
Zifman E, Alehan F, Menascu S, Har-Gil M, Miller P, Saygi S, Ozdemir B, Watemberg N
J Child Neurol 2011 Nov;26(11):1397-400. Epub 2011 Jun 21 doi: 10.1177/0883073811409222. PMID: 21693651
Acute gastroenteritis-related encephalopathy.
Wong V
J Child Neurol 2001 Dec;16(12):906-10. doi: 10.1177/088307380101601208. PMID: 11785505

Prognosis

Evaluation of benign afebrile convulsions in 16 children with rotavirus gastroenteritis.
Yorulmaz A, Sert S, Yilmaz FH
Acta Neurol Belg 2017 Jun;117(2):441-445. Epub 2017 Jan 28 doi: 10.1007/s13760-017-0747-1. PMID: 28132172
Clinical characterization of gastroenteritis-related seizures in children: impact of fever and serum sodium levels.
Zifman E, Alehan F, Menascu S, Har-Gil M, Miller P, Saygi S, Ozdemir B, Watemberg N
J Child Neurol 2011 Nov;26(11):1397-400. Epub 2011 Jun 21 doi: 10.1177/0883073811409222. PMID: 21693651
Acute gastroenteritis-related encephalopathy.
Wong V
J Child Neurol 2001 Dec;16(12):906-10. doi: 10.1177/088307380101601208. PMID: 11785505

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