Reduction in seizure burden in a child with a A350V IQSEC2 mutation using heat therapy with a Jacuzzi

A child with a A350V IQSEC2 missense mutation resulting in drug‐resistant epilepsy stops having seizures when he has a fever. We demonstrate that raising the body temperature of the child using a commercial Jacuzzi dramatically reduces his seizures and appears to improve his social behavioral intera...

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Autores principales: Levy, Andrew P, Levy, Nina S, Heyman, Eli, Schertz, Mitchell, Genizi, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4734
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spelling pubmed-84055362021-09-03 Reduction in seizure burden in a child with a A350V IQSEC2 mutation using heat therapy with a Jacuzzi Levy, Andrew P Levy, Nina S Heyman, Eli Schertz, Mitchell Genizi, Jacob Clin Case Rep Case Report A child with a A350V IQSEC2 missense mutation resulting in drug‐resistant epilepsy stops having seizures when he has a fever. We demonstrate that raising the body temperature of the child using a commercial Jacuzzi dramatically reduces his seizures and appears to improve his social behavioral interactions. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8405536/ /pubmed/34484768 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4734 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Reduction in seizure burden in a child with a A350V IQSEC2 mutation using heat therapy with a Jacuzzi
title Reduction in seizure burden in a child with a A350V IQSEC2 mutation using heat therapy with a Jacuzzi
title_full Reduction in seizure burden in a child with a A350V IQSEC2 mutation using heat therapy with a Jacuzzi
title_fullStr Reduction in seizure burden in a child with a A350V IQSEC2 mutation using heat therapy with a Jacuzzi
title_full_unstemmed Reduction in seizure burden in a child with a A350V IQSEC2 mutation using heat therapy with a Jacuzzi
title_short Reduction in seizure burden in a child with a A350V IQSEC2 mutation using heat therapy with a Jacuzzi
title_sort reduction in seizure burden in a child with a a350v iqsec2 mutation using heat therapy with a jacuzzi
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405536/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4734
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