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PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY BRIEFS A MONTHLY JOURNAL REVIEW J. GORDON MILLICHAP, M.D., F.R.C.P., EDITOR Vol. 26, No. 6
June 2012
SEIZURE DISORDERS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN SERUM LEVELS AFTER SEIZURES Investigators at Tampere University Hospital, Finland measured C-reactive protein (CRP) serum concentrations in 31 patients (mean age 34, range 6-58 years) with refractory focal epilepsy while undergoing video-EEG monitoring and compared with 80 healthy controls. CRP concentrations were significantly higher in patients with refractory focal epilepsy than in controls (3.5 vs 0.7 mg/ml, p
