PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Farhad Heydarian
AU  - Hosein Vatankhah
TI  - The role of anemia in first simple febrile seizure in children aged 6 months to 5 years old
DP  - 2012 Jul 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 226--229
VI  - 17
IP  - 3
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/17/3/226.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/17/3/226.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2012 Jul 01; 17
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between anemia and first simple febrile convulsion in patients 6 months to 5 years old.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 240 patients aged 6 months to 5 years old from 10 October 2010 to 15 December 2011 at Ghaem Hospital, Imam Reza Hospital, and Dr. Sheikh Hospital, Mashhad, Iran. Patients were divided into 2 groups: the control group who had fever without seizure, and the case group who had first simple febrile seizure. The anemia levels in both groups were evaluated and compared.RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 20.7+/-14.8 months. It was 20.53+/-15.07 for the case group, and 20.9+/-14.6 for the control group (p=0.74). The mean hemoglobin in the case group was 11.05+/-1.37, and 11.14+/-1.19 in the control group (p=0.58). Anemia was detected in 37.5% of the case group, and 36.7% of controls (p=0.89).CONCLUSION: There was no relationship between anemia and first simple febrile seizure.