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Serum Zinc Levels in Children With Simple Febrile SeizureKanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, India, ganeped79{at}rediffmail.com
Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, India A prospective case—control study was conducted in a major tertiary care hospital for children during June 2005 to May 2006 on children aged between 3 months and 5 years to compare serum zinc levels in 38 cases of simple febrile seizure and 38 age-matched controls. The mean serum zinc levels in cases and controls were 32.17 and 87.6 µg/dL, respectively. This difference was statistically significant ( P < .001). We conclude that Indian children with febrile seizure had low serum zinc levels, and zinc supplementation to reduce the incidence of febrile seizure should be investigated.
Key Words: zinc febrile seizure
This version was published on March
1, 2008 Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 47, No. 2,
164-166 (2008) |
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