The epilepsies: clinical implications of the international classification.

abstract：:The aim was to systematically review studies that have focused on symptoms of anxiety reported by parents of children (0-18 years) with epilepsy. PubMed was used to identify relevant studies. Selected studies were reviewed with respect to prevalence of above threshold scores and comparisons with controls on standardiz...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jones C,Reilly C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight patients with temporal lobe type seizures were precisely matched for age, sex, and Wechsler I.Q. levels with patients suffering from other seizure types. Statistically significant differences were established between the groups in regard to treatment response, etiologies, and behavioral variables. Furthe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rodin EA,Katz M,Lennox K

更新日期：1976-09-01 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：:We report 10 seizure-related thermal injuries severe enough to require hospitalization in patients with epilepsy. Eight of the ten incidents were with patients who had had seizures with impaired consciousness two or more times a month. This suggests that seizure frequency is a risk factor and implies the importance of...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Spitz MC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ketogenic diet (KD) is an effective treatment for epilepsy, but its mechanisms of action are poorly understood. We investigated the hypothesis that the KD inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway signaling. The expression of pS6 and pAkt, markers of mTOR pathway activation, was reduced in hippocampus ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： McDaniel SS,Rensing NR,Thio LL,Yamada KA,Wong M

更新日期：2011-03-01 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:To identify the timelines of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities and their relationships with the clinical outcomes of patients with new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE). METHODS:This retrospective observational study enrolled patients with NORSE who were admitted from March 2008 to Jul...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kim HJ,Lee SA,Kim HW,Kim SJ,Jeon SB,Koo YS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen deficiency is unusually common among men with epilepsy. It may contribute to reproductive and sexual dysfunction and possibly exacerbate seizure frequency. The most important androgen is testosterone. it exists in the serum in a free form or bound to albumin or sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). Free testos...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Herzog AG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present new information on the semiology and short-term evolution of seizures associated with primary brain tumors (PBTs) in a prospective study. METHODS:This study is a section of the PERNO study--Project of Emilia Romagna Region on Neuro-Oncology, the main aim of which is to collect prospectively all case...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Michelucci R,Pasini E,Meletti S,Fallica E,Rizzi R,Florindo I,Chiari A,Monetti C,Cremonini AM,Forlivesi S,Albani F,Baruzzi A,PERNO Study Group.

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current neurologic literature tends to equate the term "epilepsy" with "epileptic seizures" and regards the condition mainly as a symptom of several different neurologic disorders. This has led to the creation of a great variety of "epilepsies" and a proposal to establish an International Classification of Epileps...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rodin E

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circling seizures (CS) have been described in association with focal lesions as well as with generalized EEG discharges. We report 1 patient with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) who developed CS. There were no focal findings on clinical examination, EEG, or imaging studies. We propose that CS in this patient may rep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lancman ME,Asconapé JJ,Golimstok A

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) are a group of rare genetic disorders previously shrouded in nosological confusion. Recent advances have clarified the features of these disorders and provided a rational approach to diagnosis. The major causes of PME are now known to be Unverricht-Lundborg disease, myoclonu...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Berkovic SF,Cochius J,Andermann E,Andermann F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Optimal choice of antiseizure medication (ASM) depends on seizure type, syndrome, age, gender, comorbidities and co-medications. There are no fixed rules on how to weigh these factors; choices are subjective and experience-driven. We investigated agreement among experts in selecting ASM as monotherapy and use...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Beniczky S,Rampp S,Asadi-Pooya AA,Rubboli G,Perucca E,Sperling MR

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Methylmalonic acidemias are inherited metabolic disorders characterized by methylmalonate (MMA) accumulation and neurologic dysfunction, including seizures. It is known that metabolic crises in affected patients are precipitated by infections. Although growing evidence supports that inflammation facilitates sei...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Salvadori MG,Banderó CR,Jesse AC,Gomes AT,Rambo LM,Bueno LM,Bortoluzzi VT,Oliveira MS,Mello CF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Automatic detection of generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) will facilitate patient monitoring and early intervention to prevent comorbidities, recurrent seizures, or death. Brain Sentinel (San Antonio, Texas, USA) developed a seizure-detection algorithm evaluating surface electromyography (sEMG) signals ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Szabó CÁ,Morgan LC,Karkar KM,Leary LD,Lie OV,Girouard M,Cavazos JE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Most people in the world with epilepsy are untreated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). In some developing countries, this is because treatment facilities are unavailable or difficult to access. It has even been suggested that indigenous health systems threaten the prospect of the global control of epilepsy with ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pal DK,Das T,Sengupta S,Chaudhury G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pathogenic variants of KCNQ2, which encode a potassium channel subunit, cause either benign (familial) neonatal epilepsy-B(F)NE)-or KCNQ2 encephalopathy (KCNQ2 DEE). We examined the characteristics of KCNQ2 variants. METHODS:KCNQ2 pathogenic variants were collected from in-house data and two large disease da...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Goto A,Ishii A,Shibata M,Ihara Y,Cooper EC,Hirose S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1981 International Classification of Epileptic Seizures (ICES) was used to study the distribution of seizure types in 1,250 patients attending an Epilepsy Clinic in Sri Lanka. Based on seizure symptomatology 94.6% of the cases could be classified, and by adding the routine interictal EEG findings the percentage of...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Senanayake N

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of surgery for seizure focus resection depends on postoperative reduction or disappearance in number of seizures, improvement in psychosocial functioning, and low morbidity and mortality. Permanent neurologic sequelae are most often not discussed in this context. Deficits more than a superior quadrantanops...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Helgason CM,Bergen D,Bleck TP,Morrell F,Whisler W

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effects of phenytoin (PHT) overdosage on ballistic arm abduction movements in nine epileptic patients receiving long-term PHT treatment. During the overdosage period, all but one showed clinical abnormalities referable to impaired cerebellar function; one also had slowness of movement. Ballistic moveme...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Benvenuti F,Bandinelli S,Mencarelli MA,Lunardelli ML,Campostrini R,Zaccara G,Pantaleo T

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the pattern of early childhood seizures within a family with autosomal dominant chondrocalcinosis (CCAL, which causes adult-onset arthritis). All affected family members with CCAL experienced seizures in early childhood, usually, but not always, associated with fever. Similarities exist to the syndrome of ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： McKee S,Pendleton A,Dixey J,Doherty M,Hughes A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the lateralizing value of the clinical manifestations of seizures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), we made a retrospective videotape analysis of complex partial seizures (CPS) in 55 patients who underwent temporal lobectomy and were seizure-free postoperatively for >2 years. METHODS:...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Marks WJ Jr,Laxer KD

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forebrain seizures were kindled in rats by daily electrical stimulation of the amygdala. Genetically epilepsy-prone rats scoring 9 (GEPR-9s) on the seizure severity scale during audiogenic seizure (AGS) screening ("brainstem seizure-experienced") required fewer stimulations to achieve fully kindled seizures (forelimb ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Coffey LL,Reith ME,Chen NH,Mishra PK,Jobe PC

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old patient with hyperglycemia and rheumatoid arthritis presented with attacks of involuntary lingual movements that were associated with pain at the base of the tongue, often followed by aversion of head and eyes to the left with clonic contractions of the left corner of the mouth. Seizures could be induced...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Neufeld MY,Blumen SC,Nisipeanu P,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of automated detection of cortical-onset epileptic seizures from subcortical structures such as the thalamus was investigated via simultaneous recording of electroencephalography (EEG) and anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei electrical signals (electrothalamography) in nine subjects with pharmaco...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Osorio I,Frei MG,Lozano AM,Wennberg R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of depression and anxiety disorder symptoms on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children and adolescents with epilepsy. Sixty children and adolescents and their parents participated in the study. Symptoms of anxiety disorders were identified by the Screen for Child Anxiety...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Stevanovic D,Jancic J,Lakic A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with medically refractory epilepsy now undergo successful surgery based on noninvasive diagnostic information, but intracranial electroencephalography (IEEG) continues to be used as increasingly complex cases are considered surgical candidates. The indications for IEEG and the modalities employed vary ac...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jayakar P,Gotman J,Harvey AS,Palmini A,Tassi L,Schomer D,Dubeau F,Bartolomei F,Yu A,Kršek P,Velis D,Kahane P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal epilepsy can be produced by a blood-brain barrier (BBB)-excluded systemic convulsant (penicillin, folic acid, etc.) in the presence of a focal BBB lesion. Bicuculline methiodide, a gamma-aminobutyric acid blocking epileptogen, crosses the normal BBB of rats poorly and produces no consistent abnormality behaviora...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Remler MP,Marcussen WH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic profiles of diazepam (DZP) were investigated in plasma, erythrocytes, and discrete brain areas in the rat, and the effects of valproic acid (VPA), given as sodium valproate, on kinetic parameters were analyzed. The experiments were performed on two groups of rats treated daily for 15 days, the first receiv...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hariton C,Jadot G,Valli M,Mesdjian E,Mandel P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient epileptic amnesia (TEA) is a distinct neurologic condition occurring in late-middle/old age and presenting with amnesic attacks of epileptic nature and interictal memory disturbances. For many years this condition has been associated with the nonepileptic condition of transient global amnesia (TGA) and still...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bilo L,Meo R,Ruosi P,de Leva MF,Striano S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00