Febrile seizures: clinical characteristics and initial EEG.

abstract：:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by chest pain, dyspnea, electrocardiographic changes resembling an acute coronary syndrome, and transient wall-motion abnormalities without identifiable coronary culprit lesion explaining the wall-motion abnormality. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy occurs frequently after emotional o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Stöllberger C,Wegner C,Finsterer J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epilepsy is characterized by transient alterations in brain synchronization resulting in seizures with a wide spectrum of manifestations. Seizure severity and risks for patients depend on the evolution and spread of the hypersynchronous discharges. With standard visual inspection and pattern classification, t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Donos C,Maliia MD,Dümpelmann M,Schulze-Bonhage A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the relationship between ictal electroencephalography (EEG) and ictal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of ictal SPECT as an independent presurgical evaluation technique. METHODS:Sixty-eight patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lee SK,Lee SH,Kim SK,Lee DS,Kim H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence epilepsy is a form of generalized epilepsy commonly seen in children. The neuronal process by which ethosuximide (ETX), a first choice anti-absence drug, prevents absence seizures is still unresolved. Recent clinical findings have indicated that focal cortical regions are involved during absence seizures. Cons...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Polack PO,Charpier S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) it remains an unresolved issue whether the interictal decrease in N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) detected by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) reflects the epilepsy-associated loss of hippocampal pyramidal neurons or metabolic dysfunction. METHODS...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Vielhaber S,Niessen HG,Debska-Vielhaber G,Kudin AP,Wellmer J,Kaufmann J,Schönfeld MA,Fendrich R,Willker W,Leibfritz D,Schramm J,Elger CE,Heinze HJ,Kunz WS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Epileptic spasms are seizures that occur predominantly in children and are characterized by clusters of brief axial movements. Epileptic spasms may occur in the context of a variety of syndromes. Previous research has found that epileptic spasms occur in a sleep/wake and diurnal rhythm. The purpose of this stud...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ramgopal S,Shah A,Zarowski M,Vendrame M,Gregas M,Alexopoulos AV,Loddenkemper T,Kothare SV

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common respiratory pathogen, has been implicated as an etiology of encephalitis, but there are few reports about it and postencephalitic epilepsy. This study aimed to investigate clinical factors, electroencephalography, and neuroradiologic features of M. pneumoniae-related encephalitis...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lin JJ,Hsia SH,Wu CT,Wang HS,Lin KL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 605 patients seen since 1973, 336 patients have been treated with sodium valproate (VPA) alone or in combination with drugs other than carbamazepine (CBZ). Of these 336, 240 have been on monotherapy, of whom 200 are seizure-free. Follow up has been longer than 3 years in 78%. Complete control of seizures has be...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Covanis A,Gupta AK,Jeavons PM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the significance of lateralization of ictal upper limb automatisms in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:Ictal upper limb automatisms of 28 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were quantified. Duration of automatisms in relation to total seizure duration, movement speed, extent, l...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mirzadjanova Z,Peters AS,Rémi J,Bilgin C,Silva Cunha JP,Noachtar S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West syndrome consists of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and developmental arrest. Most patients remain mentally retarded and many develop Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Using homozygosity mapping followed by exome sequencing we identified an ST3GAL3 mutation in three infants with West syndrome. ST3GAL3 encodes a sialylt...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Edvardson S,Baumann AM,Mühlenhoff M,Stephan O,Kuss AW,Shaag A,He L,Zenvirt S,Tanzi R,Gerardy-Schahn R,Elpeleg O

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hemispherectomy is an established surgical treatment for carefully selected pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy. Published perioperative data report low mortality rates and seizure reduction rates of 50-89%. This study investigates trends in the demographics, hospital utilization, and in-hospital com...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lin Y,Harris DA,Curry DJ,Lam S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible effect of in utero antiepileptic drug (AED) exposure on the incidence of spontaneous abortion was evaluated among pregnancies of women with epilepsy and the wives of men with epilepsy. The proportion of pregnancy outcomes terminating in spontaneous abortion, the gestational age-specific rates of spontaneo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Annegers JF,Baumgartner KB,Hauser WA,Kurland LT

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous finding that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of both thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and its analogue, gamma-butyrolactone-gamma-carbonyl-L-histidyl-L-prolinamide citrate (DN-1417), suppressed seizure development of amygdaloid (AM) kindling and kindled AM seizures leads to a new hypoth...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kajita S,Ogawa N,Sato M

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Convulsive epilepsies are generally unmistakable. Absence epilepsies, which are easily recognized by the provocation of an episode during hyperventilation and by the typical features of the EEG, can be overdiagnosed, especially in the child who daydreams in class and has scattered, asymptomatic, epileptogenic EEG chan...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Murphy JV,Dehkharghani F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The occurrence of psychiatric symptoms after temporal lobectomy is well documented. The aim of the present study was to identify preoperative factors that predict postoperative psychiatric outcome. METHODS:We studied the case notes of 121 patients (from an initial sample of 167) who underwent temporal lobectom...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Anhoury S,Brown RJ,Krishnamoorthy ES,Trimble MR

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old man presented with seizures characterized by unconsciousness, automatic behavior, and myoclonic jerks lasting 0.5 to 8 sec. Videotape analysis of 300 simultaneously recorded electroencephalographic and clinical attacks revealed 8- to 9-Hz 150 to 200 muV sharp waves beginning in both medial temporal areas...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Nadel A,Waddell G,Volow M,Escueta AV

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on cognitive function and behavior in children are reviewed on the basis of published studies. Individual AEDs have been shown to differ--the deleterious effects of phenytoin generally contrasting with the relatively minimal effects of valproate and carbamazepine. Some of the ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Trimble MR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Univerricht-Lundborg disease (ULD), with its major symptom of action myoclonus, is supposed to be very rare in the Netherlands and western Europe. We hypothesized that the syndrome may be underdiagnosed in patients with myoclonus epilepsy. METHODS:Mutation analysis of the cystatin B gene was performed in 21 ca...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： de Haan GJ,Halley DJ,Doelman JC,Geesink HH,Augustijn PB,Jager-Jongkind AD,Majoie M,Bader AJ,Leliefeld-Ten Doeschate LA,Deelen WH,Bertram E,Lehesjoki AE,Lindhout D

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A large-scale, double-blind trial (SP0993; NCT01243177) demonstrated that lacosamide was noninferior to controlled-release carbamazepine (carbamazepine-CR) in terms of efficacy, and well tolerated as first-line monotherapy in patients (≥16 years of age) with newly diagnosed epilepsy. We report primary safety ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ben-Menachem E,Grebe HP,Terada K,Jensen L,Li T,De Backer M,Steiniger-Brach B,Gasalla T,Brock M,Biton V

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of surgical strategies are available to deal with intractable epilepsy. These are resective operations, consisting of the removal of a focus or a discrete lesion, gross removal of malfunctioning brain, and functional operations consisting of division of the pathways of propagation or of an epileptic neuronal...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Polkey CE,Binnie CD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate relationships between self-report measures of seizure severity and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people with refractory localization-related epilepsy. METHODS:A sample of 340 adults enrolled in a seven-center, prospective study of resective epilepsy surgery completed baseline questionna...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Vickrey BG,Berg AT,Sperling MR,Shinnar S,Langfitt JT,Bazil CW,Walczak TS,Pacia S,Kim S,Spencer SS

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the usefulness of an early postictal EEG in neurologically normal children with complex febrile seizures. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective chart review of all neurologically normal children who were hospitalized over a period of 2.5 years after complex febrile seizures, and had an EEG up to 1 wee...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Maytal J,Steele R,Eviatar L,Novak G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dogs with spontaneous diseases can exhibit a striking similarity in etiology, clinical manifestation, and disease course when compared to human patients. Therefore, dogs are intensely discussed as a translational model of human disease. In particular, genetic studies in selected dog breeds serve as an excellent tool t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Potschka H,Fischer A,von Rüden EL,Hülsmeyer V,Baumgärtner W

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about offspring of parents who both have idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). This is of importance for understanding the complex genetic architecture of IGE. METHODS:Families in whom both parents had proven IGE were ascertained through a multiplex families database. Clinical information i...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Marini C,Harvey AS,Pelekanos JT,Berkovic SF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine which variables available early in the course of childhood epilepsy are associated with a poor short-term outcome and to develop models to predict such an outcome. METHODS:We prospectively followed up 466 children with newly diagnosed epilepsy for 2 years. Variables were collected at intake and afte...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Arts WF,Geerts AT,Brouwer OF,Boudewyn Peters AC,Stroink H,van Donselaar CA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if three different commercially available seizure-detection software packages (Besa 2.0, Encevis 1.7, and Persyst 13) accurately detect seizures with high sensitivity, high specificity, and short detection delay in epilepsy patients undergoing long-term video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitori...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Koren J,Hafner S,Feigl M,Baumgartner C

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyramidal cell densities in various regions of the anterior and posterior hippocampal formation were measured from en bloc temporal lobe resections and compared with presurgical stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) data derived from depth electrodes in 12 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. These data were compared w...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Babb TL,Lieb JP,Brown WJ,Pretorius J,Crandall PH

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early in these proceedings, the origin of the three terms in the title, "idiopathic generalized epilepsy," is discussed with respect to their significance over time, and typical misunderstandings. In the mid-20th century, a rather chaotic use of a multitude of often loosely defined terms had developed, which increasin...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wolf P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Benign partial epilepsy (BPE) in childhood is characterized by the occurrence of interictal stereotyped focal spikes with variable localization in the EEG. Children with BPE often exhibit neuropsychological deficits. It is unclear whether a correlation exists between these deficits and the localization of spike...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wolff M,Weiskopf N,Serra E,Preissl H,Birbaumer N,Kraegeloh-Mann I

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of acute and chronic vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS). This is a validated model for absence epilepsy, characterized by frequent spontaneous absences concomitant with spike and wave discharges (SWD) on the E...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dedeurwaerdere S,Vonck K,Van Hese P,Wadman W,Boon P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00