From clinical observation to long-term monitoring: diagnostic developments in conservative epileptology.

abstract：:Identical twins concordant for partial epilepsy, with onset at 8 and 11 years of age, are presented. Their course has been benign on anticonvulsant therapy. It is suggested that these cases of presumed genetic epilepsy support current concepts of cortical origin and genetic determinants in several subtypes of focal ep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hurst R,Lenn NJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the first part of this essay, the "common wisdom" about Putnam and Merritt's contributions to the treatment of epilepsy was summarized (Rowland, 1982). Based on the history that has been presented here, how true are these "wisdoms"? Putnam and Merritt did devise "a simple and reliable method to test drugs of antico...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Friedlander WJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy associated with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) is the most common of the antiepileptic drug (AED)-resistant seizure syndromes that are remediable mostly with surgery, although a small group of patients have benign prognosis with fewer seizures. Material-specific memory impairment ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ozkara C,Hanoğlu L,Keskinkiliç C,Yeni N,Aysal F,Uzan M,Ozyurt E,Karaağaç N

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten infantile spasms (IS) patients had single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with [99mTc]HMPAO, EEG, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. SPECT showed localized cerebral hypoperfusion in 7 infants (4 unifocal; 3 multifocal) always involving the temporal regions either unilaterally or bilaterally....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Miyazaki M,Hashimoto T,Fujii E,Tayama M,Kuroda Y

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is informative in febrile seizures (FS) is unknown. We undertook a study to determine the frequency of MRI-detected brain abnormalities and to evaluate their association with FS type and with specific features of complex FS. METHODS:A prospective cohort study, from 19...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hesdorffer DC,Chan S,Tian H,Allen Hauser W,Dayan P,Leary LD,Hinton VJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：PURPOSE:We evaluated the anticonvulsant efficacy of topiramate (TPM), a structurally novel antiepileptic drug (AED), in amygdala kindled rats that had been preselected with respect to their response to phenytoin (PHT). METHODS:Anticonvulsant response was tested by determining the afterdischarge threshold (ADT; i.e., a...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Reissmüller E,Ebert U,Löscher W

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the earliest days of neurology, the classification of epileptic seizures into those generalized from the beginning and those with a definable localization in the cortex from the onset has added to knowledge about the function of the nervous system. Further elaboration of the classification of seizures into those ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dreifuss FE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Guidelines recommend that encephalopathic critically ill children undergo continuous electroencephalographic (CEEG) monitoring for electrographic seizure (ES) identification and management. However, limited data exist on antiseizure medication (ASM) safety for ES treatment in critically ill children. METHODS...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fung FW,Jacobwitz M,Vala L,Parikh D,Donnelly M,Xiao R,Topjian AA,Abend NS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy surgery (ES) is addressed in relation to economic classifications of national resources and welfare in developing countries. A decade ago, ten developing countries conducted ES; now 26 such countries have reported results of ES. A number of international authorities define indicators of national economic welf...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wieser HG,Silfvenius H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lesion-negative refractory partial epilepsy is a major challenge in the assessment of patients for potential surgery. Finding a potential epileptogenic lesion simplifies assessment and is associated with good outcome. Here we describe imaging features of subtle parahippocampal dysplasia in five cases that were ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pillay N,Fabinyi GC,Myles TS,Fitt GJ,Berkovic SF,Jackson GD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The duration of epilepsy was evaluated in over 460 previously untreated patients who attended newly established epilepsy clinics in a rural area of Malawi. The mean duration at first attendance was 6.5 years. It was found that as the duration of active epilepsy increased, the number of patients having epilepsy of a gi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Watts AE

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of the study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of persons with epilepsy (PWE) by using the short form survey 36 (SF-36), to compare it with that of a control group and to detect factors influencing it. METHODS:We collected clinical and demographic data and information on health ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mrabet H,Mrabet A,Zouari B,Ghachem R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) is typically defined as a prolonged self-sustaining seizure or repeated seizures showing an incomplete recovery between them. SE represents a medical emergency often associated with significant disability, morbidity, and mortality. Despite the clinical impact, the mechanisms underlying the tran...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Leo A,Giovannini G,Russo E,Meletti S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transient functional depression of thalamic activity (TFDTA) was induced in acute experiments in cats by the microinjection of 25% KCl into the thalamus. Spontaneous and evoked thalamic electrical activity was markedly depressed at the site of KCl microinjection. Spread of this depression to other thalamic areas oft...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Avoli M,Gloor P

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal model was used to study the effects of phenytoin on immune function. Inbred NFS mice, injected with phenytoin, 10-40 mg/kg, and immunized with bovine serum albumin (BSA), demonstrated a dose-dependent decrease in production of IgG antibodies to BSA. Phenytoin at the dosages used in this study did not appear ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Margaretten NC,Warren RP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centromedian thalamic nuclei (CM) epileptiform EEG activities were recorded in patients with intractable partial motor, complex partial, and generalized seizures through implanted recording-stimulating electrodes, used for seizure control. CM epileptiform activities showed either little or no correlation to focal surf...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Velasco M,Velasco F,Velasco AL,Luján M,Vázquez del Mercado J

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Electrical stimulation (ES) is used during intracranial electroencephalography (EEG) investigations to delineate epileptogenic areas and seizure-onset zones (SOZs) by provoking afterdischarges (ADs) or patients' typical seizure. High frequency oscillations (HFOs--ripples, 80-250 Hz; fast ripples, 250-500 Hz) ar...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jacobs J,Zijlmans M,Zelmann R,Olivier A,Hall J,Gotman J,Dubeau F

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:Perampanel is an adjunctive treatment for epilepsy that works through the direct inhibition of AMPA receptors. The same molecular mechanism has recently been shown for a fatty acid, decanoic acid, prescribed in the medium chain triglyceride ketogenic diet for the treatment of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Bec...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Augustin K,Williams S,Cunningham M,Devlin AM,Friedrich M,Jayasekera A,Hussain MA,Holliman D,Mitchell P,Jenkins A,Chen PE,Walker MC,Williams RSB

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergency treatment of seizures is an important practical issue, especially the treatment of generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE). Benzodiazepines or older standard antiepileptic drugs (phenobarbital, phenytoin) have typically been used as initial intravenous treatment of GCSE. As new parenteral antiep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wheless JW,Treiman DM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with epilepsy (PWEs) are often advised against participating in sports and exercise, mostly because of fear, overprotection, and ignorance about the specific benefits and risks associated with such activities. Available evidence suggests that physical exercise and active participation in sports may favorably af...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Capovilla G,Kaufman KR,Perucca E,Moshé SL,Arida RM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and the potential risk of inducing convulsive or nonconvulsive status epilepticus with the combination of valproate (VPA) and clonazepam (CZP), with or without other anticonvulsant drugs, in 55 patients with intractable epilepsy was evaluated. The patients were treated with VPA and CZP concomitantly for f...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mireles R,Leppik IE

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) detects signal changes in brain that accompany regional changes in neuronal activity. In normal human brain, FMRI shows changes in signal in the postcentral gyrus or superior temporal gyrus that correlate with voluntary motor activity or language processing, respectively. T...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Morris GL 3rd,Mueller WM,Yetkin FZ,Haughton VM,Hammeke TA,Swanson S,Rao SM,Jesmanowicz A,Estkowski LD,Bandettini PA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early treatment of prolonged seizures with benzodiazepines given intravenously by paramedics in the prehospital setting had been shown to be associated with improved outcomes, but the comparative efficacy and safety of an intramuscular (IM) route, which is faster and consistently achievable, was previously unknown. RA...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Silbergleit R,Lowenstein D,Durkalski V,Conwit R,NETT Investigators.

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A major limitation of intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) is recording from a confined region. This may falsely localize seizure onset if the distinction between ictal onset zone, proximity, and spread is unclear, or if the ictal rhythm is not clearly identified. Delineation of the ictal onset zone is ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Singh S,Sandy S,Wiebe S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three infants and children underwent cortical resection (n = 15) or hemispherectomy (n = 8) for intractable infantile spasms. Infantile spasms were present at the time of surgery in 17 of the 23 patients; in six, spasms had evolved to other seizure types during surgical evaluation. Children with a remote histor...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Chugani HT,Shewmon DA,Shields WD,Sankar R,Comair Y,Vinters HV,Peacock WJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of epilepsy is an essential clinical issue in many patients with brain tumors. Tumoral epilepsy is often drug resistant and is associated with poor quality of life. Surgery represents a key therapeutic option in the management of patients with refractory tumoral epilepsy, with high rates of postoperativ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rheims S,Ducray F,Ryvlin P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of epilepsy and of all unprovoked seizures was determined for residents of Rochester, Minnesota U.S.A. from 1935 through 1984. Age-adjusted incidence of epilepsy was 44 per 100,000 person-years. Incidence in males was significantly higher than in females and was high in the first year of life but highest...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hauser WA,Annegers JF,Kurland LT

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Compare annual direct and indirect costs between privately insured U.S. patients with epileptic partial onset seizures (POS) and matched controls. METHODS:One thousand eight hundred fifty-nine patients (including a subset of 758 employees) with >or=1 (POS) diagnosis (ICD-9-CM: 345.4.x-345.7.x), 1999-2004, ages...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ivanova JI,Birnbaum HG,Kidolezi Y,Qiu Y,Mallett D,Caleo S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00