Serum Cytokines and EEG Abnormalities with Influenza Associated Febrile Seizures

Abstract

The relation between serum cytokine levels, EEG changes, and mild neurological complications (delirium and febrile seizure) in 27 children with proven influenza infection was studied at Okazaki City Hospital, and other centers in Japan.

Keywords

• febrile delirium
• tumor necrosis factor-x
• proinflammatory cytokines