Self-discontinuation of antiepileptic medication in pregnancy: detection by hair analysis.

abstract：:While the treatment of refractory status epilepticus (SE) relies on the use of anesthetic agents, mostly barbiturates, propofol, or midazolam, the study of the available literature discloses that the evidence level is low. Therapeutic coma induction appears straightforward for generalized convulsive or subtle SE, but ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rossetti AO

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the SCN1A subunit of the sodium channel is a cause of genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS(+) ) in multiplex families and accounts for 70-80% of Dravet syndrome (DS). DS cases without SCN1A mutation inherited have predicted SCN9A susceptibility variants, which may contribute to complex inheri...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mulley JC,Hodgson B,McMahon JM,Iona X,Bellows S,Mullen SA,Farrell K,Mackay M,Sadleir L,Bleasel A,Gill D,Webster R,Wirrell EC,Harbord M,Sisodiya S,Andermann E,Kivity S,Berkovic SF,Scheffer IE,Dibbens LM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a previously unreported type of self-induced pattern-sensitive seizures in a child. METHODS:Evaluation of clinical and EEG features. RESULTS:An 18-month-old boy was initially seen with series of short focal tonic seizures self-induced by gazing intermittently at round objects. Self-induction of th...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Brockmann K,Huppke P,Karenfort M,Gärtner J,Höger C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was designed to quantify the relation between expressions of NMDA receptor (NMDAR) subunits (1 and 2A/B) and the epileptogenicity in human focal cortical dysplasia. METHODS:Immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation were used to quantify these receptor subunits in tissue resected from EEG-verified epile...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mikuni N,Babb TL,Ying Z,Najm I,Nishiyama K,Wylie C,Yacubova K,Okamoto T,Bingaman W

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of biochemical signs of vitamin D deficiency and the effects of vitamin D supplementation were investigated in 83 children and 95 adults on chronic antiepileptic therapy and 40 mentally retarded controls living under comparable conditions. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D and serum calcium, and elevated immunorea...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Offermann G,Pinto V,Kruse R

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：:The diagnostic goals in nonsurgical (conservative) epileptology differ from presurgical diagnostic aims. The resulting development of diagnostic methods in a tertiary-level epilepsy center is shown and the major technical and organizational consequences of this difference for diagnostic long-term monitoring (LTM) as o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ried S,Hilfiker P,Mothersill IW,Krämer G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we aimed to investigate the types of seizures and epilepsy associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We searched the medical records at a tertiary referral center to identify a cohort of epilepsy patients with SLE who were treated between January 2000 and August 2011. We analyzed the clinical ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Toyota T,Akamatsu N,Tanaka A,Shouzaki T,Tsuji S,Saito K,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoxetine was evaluated for anticonvulsant effects in a rat model of focally evoked complex partial seizures (CPS) secondarily generalized. Fluoxetine was administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) 1 h before seizures were induced by focal intracerebral application of the GABAA receptor antagonist, bicuculline methiodide ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Prendiville S,Gale K

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：:Neurotrophic factors are involved in the survival of neurons as well as in the proliferation and differentiation of neuronal precursors. Therefore, modulating their levels in lesion areas may exert favorable effects on seizure-induced damage. However, it is unclear if damage limitation or repair may prevent epileptoge...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Simonato M,Zucchini S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe epileptic condition characterized by multiple seizure types including tonic seizures, slow spike-and-wave discharges on electroencephalography (EEG), and cognitive impairment. LGS can occur in apparently healthy subjects or in patients with preexisting brain damage. The...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ferlazzo E,Adjien CK,Guerrini R,Calarese T,Crespel A,Elia M,Striano P,Gelisse P,Bramanti P,di Bella P,Genton P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in infancy (SMEI, or Dravet syndrome) is a drug-resistant epilepsy that occurs in the first year of life of previously healthy children. The main clinical features are prolonged and repeated febrile and afebrile generalized or unilateral convulsive seizures. In the course of the epilepsy, cog...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wolff M,Cassé-Perrot C,Dravet C

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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:The selection of a minimal active sequence of erythropoietin allowed the design of peptide mimetics that exert beneficial effects in the central nervous system but lack an erythropoietic effect. Erythropoietin has been suggested as a promising therapeutic and prophylactic for epilepsies based on its neuroprotec...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Seeger N,Zellinger C,Rode A,Roloff F,Bicker G,Russmann V,Fischborn S,Wendt H,Potschka H

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate whether the nucleus parafascicularis (Pf) of the thalamus could be a relay of the control of epileptic seizures by the superior colliculus (SC). The Pf is one of the main ascending projections of the SC, the disinhibition of which has been shown to suppress seizures in d...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Nail-Boucherie K,Lê-Pham BT,Gobaille S,Maitre M,Aunis D,Depaulis A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate further the membrane properties and postsynaptic potentials of the CA3 pyramidal cells in mice that display spontaneous seizures because of a targeted deletion of the Kcna1 potassium channel gene (encoding the Kv1.1 protein subunit). METHODS:Intracellular recordings were obtained from CA3 pyrami...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lopantsev V,Tempel BL,Schwartzkroin PA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Effects of pre- and postsynaptic γ-aminobutyric acid B (GABA(B)) receptor activation were characterized in human tissue from epilepsy surgery. METHODS:Slices of human cortical tissue were investigated in a submerged-type chamber with intracellular recordings in layers II/III. Parallel experiments were performe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Teichgräber LA,Lehmann TN,Meencke HJ,Weiss T,Nitsch R,Deisz RA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliably detecting focal seizures without secondary generalization during daily life activities, chronically, using convenient portable or wearable devices, would offer patients with active epilepsy a number of potential benefits, such as providing more reliable seizure count to optimize treatment and seizure forecast...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ryvlin P,Cammoun L,Hubbard I,Ravey F,Beniczky S,Atienza D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a disease of complex etiology, and multiple molecular mechanisms contribute to its development. Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) may result from an initial precipitating event such as hypoxia, head injury, or prolonged seizure (i.e., status epilepticus [SE]), that is followed by a latent period of months to ye...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Grabenstatter HL,Russek SJ,Brooks-Kayal AR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous, generalized 2.5 to 3.5-Hz spike-wave (SW) discharges were evident in an EEG performed 13 h after a first seizure associated with a viral illness, in an 8-year-old girl. On eye opening, the EEG abnormality was suppressed and replaced by delta activity and brief spike-wave paroxysms. No alteration in conscio...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gökyiğit A,Calişkan A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate prospectively patient's aims for epilepsy surgery as previously outlined theoretically by Taylor et al. (Epilepsia 1997;3:625-30). METHODS:Ninety-three consecutive patients were interviewed by a psychiatrist as part of their evaluation for epilepsy surgery. Open-ended questions about the patient we...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Taylor DC,McMacKin D,Staunton H,Delanty N,Phillips J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for seizures arising from the rolandic area can be performed effectively, and accurate mapping of eloquent regions may improve seizure and functional outcome. Noninvasive cortical mapping is, however, hardly feasible in young children. We studied two children with epileptogenic focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Barba C,Montanaro D,Frijia F,Giordano F,Blümcke I,Genitori L,De Masi F,Guerrini R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this work is to study, by means of computational simulations, the induction and sustaining of nonsynaptic epileptiform activity. METHODS:The computational model consists of a network of cellular bodies of neurons and glial cells connected to a three-dimensional (3D) network of juxtaposed extracellul...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： de Almeida AC,Rodrigues AM,Scorza FA,Cavalheiro EA,Teixeira HZ,Duarte MA,Silveira GA,Arruda EZ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated the impact of a treatment information package on patients being monitored for possible surgical treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS:One hundred patients were randomly assigned to either a high- or low-information preparation condition. Levels of anxiety were tested soon after ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Andrewes D,Camp K,Kilpatrick C,Cook M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy-prone and epilepsy-resistant substrains were selectively bred from a strain of BALB/c mice; audiogenic-sensitive epilepsy-prone animals showed enhanced sensitivity to chemical convulsants. Treatment with pyridoxine (100 mg/L in drinking water) initiated at mating and continued throughout pregnancy and the lif...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dolina S,Peeling J,Sutherland G,Pillay N,Greenberg A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate identification of cortical malformations in children with epilepsy can be crucial for successful clinical management. Although standard head-coil magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 1.5 tesla (T) can be used to view the macrostructure of the brain, phased array technology at both 1.5 and 3T significantly impr...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Grant PE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify features of ablations and trajectories that correlate with optimal seizure control and minimize the risk of neurocognitive deficits in patients undergoing laser interstitial thermal therapy (LiTT) for mesiotemporal epilepsy (mTLE). METHODS:Clinical and radiographic data were reviewed from a prosp...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jermakowicz WJ,Kanner AM,Sur S,Bermudez C,D'Haese PF,Kolcun JPG,Cajigas I,Li R,Millan C,Ribot R,Serrano EA,Velez N,Lowe MR,Rey GJ,Jagid JR

更新日期：2017-05-01 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