Reflex epilepsy induced by calculation using a "Soroban," a Japanese traditional calculator.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to determine the sensibility of each imaging tool in identifying focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) in children and adolescents with epilepsy and to define the prognostic factors of pediatric and adolescent epilepsy surgery. METHODS:We identified 48 children with FCD who underwent rese...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kim YH,Kang HC,Kim DS,Kim SH,Shim KW,Kim HD,Lee JS

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Assumptions regarding the benefits of seizure control after pediatric epilepsy surgery for cognitive, psychosocial, and family function were explored in a prospective study of 51 children with intractable epilepsy. METHODS:Thirty children who underwent surgery were studied before and 1 year after surgery, and ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Smith ML,Elliott IM,Lach L

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the course and outcome of childhood-onset epilepsy during 15-year follow-up (FU). METHODS:We extended FU in 413 of 494 children with new-onset epilepsy recruited in a previously described prospective hospital-based study by questionnaire. RESULTS:Mean FU was 14.8 years (range 11.6-17.5 years). Five-y...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Geerts A,Arts WF,Stroink H,Peeters E,Brouwer O,Peters B,Laan L,van Donselaar C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenytoin is metabolized to its parahydroxylated derivative by hepatic microsomal enzymes. This hydroxylation is a saturable process, that is, the rate of metabolism fails to increase in proportion to the serum concentration. This leads to a nonlinear relationship between the maintenance dose of the drug and the resul...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Richens A

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Common data elements (CDEs) are currently unavailable for mobile health (mHealth) in epilepsy devices and related applications. As a result, despite expansive growth of new digital services for people with epilepsy, information collected is often not interoperable or directly comparable. We aim to correct thi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Goldenholz DM,Moss R,Jost DA,Crone NE,Krauss G,Picard R,Caborni C,Cavazos JE,Hixson J,Loddenkemper T,Salazar TD,Lubbers L,Harte-Hargrove LC,Whittemore V,Duun-Henriksen J,Dolan E,Kasturia N,Oberemk M,Cook MJ,Lehmkuhl

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diazepam buccal film (DBF) is in development for treatment of patients experiencing bouts of increased seizure activity. We assessed safety, tolerability, and usability of self- or caregiver-administered DBF in the outpatient setting. METHODS:Patients aged 2-65 years needing treatment with a rescue benzodiaz...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Seinfeld S,Gelfand MA,Heller AH,Buan C,Slatko G

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:The awareness, understanding, and attitudes toward epilepsy in 1,278 men and women were surveyed in Henan, China in 1988. Results showed that 93% had read or heard about epilepsy; 77% knew someone who had epilepsy; 72% had seen someone who was having a seizure; 57% would object to having their children associate with ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lai CW,Huang XS,Lai YH,Zhang ZQ,Liu GJ,Yang MZ

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In CSWS (continuous spike waves during sleep) activation of spike waves during slow wave sleep has been causally linked to neuropsychological deficits, but the pathophysiologic mechanisms are still unknown. In healthy subjects, the overnight decrease of the slope of slow waves in NREM (non-rapid eye movement)...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bölsterli Heinzle BK,Fattinger S,Kurth S,Lebourgeois MK,Ringli M,Bast T,Critelli H,Schmitt B,Huber R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study examined the influence of two psychosocial variables mediating between disease severity and quality of life (QoL) in epilepsy; social support and mastery (measured by locus of control and self-efficacy). A model placing these two variables as mediators between disease severity and QoL was tested with...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Amir M,Roziner I,Knoll A,Neufeld MY

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Approximately 25 million individuals older than age 15 identify as transgender, representing about 0.3-0.9% of the world's population. The aim of this paper is to identify and describe important medical and social considerations facing transgender persons with epilepsy. METHODS:We performed literature search...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Johnson EL,Kaplan PW

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping studies from our laboratory identified a 6.6 Mb segment of distal chromosome 1 that contains a gene (or genes) having a strong influence on the difference in seizure susceptibility between C57BL/6 (B6) and DBA/2 (D2) mice. A gene transfer strategy involving a bacte...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ferraro TN,Golden GT,Dahl JP,Smith GG,Schwebel CL,MacDonald R,Lohoff FW,Berrettini WH,Buono RJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) is a common structural malformation of cortical development. Mutations in the filamin A gene are frequent in familial cases with X-linked PNH. However, many cases with sporadic PNH remain genetically unexplained. Although medically refractory epilepsy often brings attention to...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Montier L,Haneef Z,Gavvala J,Yoshor D,North R,Verla T,Van Ness PC,Drabek J,Goldman AM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective parallel longitudinal cohort study comparing surgical and medical treatment for epilepsy. The surgical group contained 201 patients treated with resective surgery for epilepsy in Norway since the first operation in 1949 until January 1988. The 185 control group patients treated medically o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Guldvog B,Løyning Y,Hauglie-Hanssen E,Flood S,Bjørnaes H

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intracerebral vascular malformations including cavernous angiomas (CAs) and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are an important cause of chronic pharmacoresistant epilepsies. Little is known about the pathogenetic basis of epilepsy in patients with vascular malformations. Intracerebral deposits of iron-containi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Raabe A,Schmitz AK,Pernhorst K,Grote A,von der Brelie C,Urbach H,Friedman A,Becker AJ,Elger CE,Niehusmann P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anticonvulsant and motor effects of gabapentin (GBP) were evaluated in rat pups aged 16-17 days. Fourteen-day-old rat pups received an implanted stimulating electrode in the amygdala unilaterally. Kindled seizures were produced on day 16 of life by repeatedly applying an electrical current stimulus to the amygdala...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lado FA,Sperber EF,Moshé SL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical techniques may vary extensively between centers. We report on a web-based survey aimed at evaluating the current technical approaches in different centers around the world performing epilepsy surgery in children. The intention of the survey was to establish technical standards. A request was made to 88 center...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cukiert A,Rydenhag B,Harkness W,Cross JH,Gaillard WD,Task Force for Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery for the ILAE Commissions of Pediatrics and Surgical Therapies.

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six barbiturates with diverse time-action characteristics--thiopental, pentobarbital, butabarbital, phenobarbital, diphenylbarbiturate, and barbital--were evaluated for "anticonvulsant" and "neurotoxic" effects. For the former, the MES test, clonic seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol, 90 mg/kg, s.c., and maximal sei...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Raines A,Blake GJ,Richardson B,Gilbert MB

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Children with epilepsy have high rates of behavior problems. The purpose was to describe prospectively the association of seizures and behavior problems in children with new-onset seizures. METHODS:Subjects were 224 children with new-onset seizures (aged 4-14 years) and 159 siblings (4-18 years). Caregiver's r...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Austin JK,Dunn DW,Caffrey HM,Perkins SM,Harezlak J,Rose DF

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence, manifestations, lateralizing value, and surgical prognostic value of somatosensory auras (SSAs) in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:Eighty-one consecutive patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for refractory complex-partial seizures were screened for ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Erickson JC,Clapp LE,Ford G,Jabbari B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developed countries, the incidence of epilepsy is 50-100 cases per 100,000 population per year and the prevalence is approximately 5 to 8 cases per 1,000 population. Epilepsy is by far the most prevalent serious neurologic condition. Mortality rates in epilepsy are two to four times those found in matched nonepilep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shorvon SD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Prior single-photon emission tomography studies showed losses of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (MAChR) binding in patients with refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Experimental animal studies demonstrated transient losses of MAChR due to electrically induced seizures originating in the amygdala. Howev...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pennell PB,Burdette DE,Ross DA,Henry TR,Albin RL,Sackellares JC,Frey KA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven epileptic patients, most from low socioeconomic groups and aged 15-54 years, were studied for effects of prolonged anticonvulsant medication. They had received the usual doses of phenobarbitone and diphenylhydantoin (PHT) regularly for 3-32 years, with control of seizures, and had not taken any B-vitamins...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dastur DK,Dave UP

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early EEG (within 48 h) and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (hr_MRI) are the methods of choice for an accurate diagnosis after a first seizure presentation. Together with a careful history and examination, they will allow definition of the epilepsy syndrome in two-thirds of patients and help assess the i...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pohlmann-Eden B,Newton M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature dealing with the convulsant effects of the antidepressant drugs of the non-monoamine oxidase inhibitor variety is reviews. It is concluded that most of these drugs do lower the seizure threshold and may precipitate seizures even at normal therapeutic doses. The pathophysiology of antidepressant-induced ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Trimble M

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal afterdischarges can induce increased Purkinje cell activity that characteristically shows a pronounced acceleration during the period of the afterdischarges. Increased Purkinje cell activity may continue for many seconds after termination of the hippocampal activity. Typical frequency histograms are presen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mitra J,Snider RS

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are local malformations of the human neocortex and a leading cause of medically intractable epilepsy. FCDs are characterized by local architectural disturbances of the neocortex and often by a blurred gray-white matter boundary indicating abnormal white matter myelination. We...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Donkels C,Peters M,Fariña Núñez MT,Nakagawa JM,Kirsch M,Vlachos A,Scheiwe C,Schulze-Bonhage A,Prinz M,Beck J,Haas CA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared zonisamide monotherapy (12 weeks) to carbamazepine monotherapy (12 weeks) after phenytoin baseline monotherapy (8 weeks) in an open crossover pilot study of eight adults with uncontrolled partial seizures. Zonisamide had definite antiepileptic activity in five subjects. In two of these, response to zonisam...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wilensky AJ,Friel PN,Ojemann LM,Dodrill CB,McCormick KB,Levy RH

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypothalamic regulation of the reproductive axis in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), represented by the ultradian pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH), has been shown to be altered interictally and postictally. Our objective is to determine if epilepsy or seizures disrupt normal circadian fluctuations o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Quigg M,Kiely JM,Johnson ML,Straume M,Bertram EH,Evans WS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of lamotrigine (LTG) can be limited by the occurrence of cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs) that range from maculopapular eruption (MPE) to the more severe Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. A few human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-related genetic risk factors for carbamazepine-induced c...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Moon J,Park HK,Chu K,Sunwoo JS,Byun JI,Lim JA,Kim TJ,Shin JW,Lee ST,Jung KH,Jung KY,Jeon D,Kim DW,Yu KS,Jang IJ,Kang HR,Park HW,Lee SK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00