A screening test for the prediction of Dravet syndrome before one year of age.

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：:Nicotinamide is a ligand of the benzodiazepine receptor and has been reported to have anticonvulsant activity. In addition, our previous clinical experience has raised the possibility that it may also potentiate the action of barbiturates. Therefore, we have examined the anticonvulsant activity and neurotoxicity of ni...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bourgeois BF,Dodson WE,Ferrendelli JA

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe predictive clinical factors for the differentiation between childhood frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and posterior cortex epilepsy (PCE). METHODS:Two independent, blinded investigators analyzed 177 seizures from 35 children (aged 11 months to 12 years) with extratemporal epilepsy selected by postopera...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fogarasi A,Tuxhorn I,Hegyi M,Janszky J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some investigators argue that treating epilepsy with several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) simultaneously (polytherapy) may give rise to more adverse effects than monotherapy, but this argument lacks supporting quantitative data. To reexamine this issue, we recruited a cohort of patients from the outpatients of the Speci...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lammers MW,Hekster YA,Keyser A,Meinardi H,Renier WO,van Lier H

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess medical intractability in patients considered for restrictive epilepsy surgery. METHODS:Seventy-four patients received single drug treatment with carbamazepine (CBZ), phenytoin (PHT), and either phenobarbital (PB) or primidone (PRM). Medical intractability was established if seizure control was not o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hermanns G,Noachtar S,Tuxhorn I,Holthausen H,Ebner A,Wolf P

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine both the efficacy of and compliance with the ketogenic diet in the adolescent population. METHODS:A retrospective study of 45 patients, aged 12-19 years, consecutively enrolled in a ketogenic diet program from 1994 to 2002, was performed. Thirty-seven patients were from The Johns Hopkins Medical I...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mady MA,Kossoff EH,McGregor AL,Wheless JW,Pyzik PL,Freeman JM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 4 Tesla depicts details of the internal structure of the hippocampus not visible at 1.5 Tesla, and so allows for in vivo parcellation of different hippocampal subfields. The aim of this study was to test if distinct subfield atrophy patterns can be detected in...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mueller SG,Laxer KD,Barakos J,Cheong I,Garcia P,Weiner MW

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of adult outpatients (n = 19 and n = 21) with poorly controlled epilepsy and significant psychological disorder, assessed in terms of rating scales, received two psychological treatments in a balanced cross-over design after stable baseline seizure frequency had been established. A third group (n = 19), who...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gillham RA

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：:The epilepsy community increasingly recognizes the need for a modern classification system that can also be easily integrated with effective informatics tools. The 2010 reports by the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) identified informatics as a critical resource to improv...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sahoo SS,Zhang GQ,Lhatoo SD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of the excitotoxic and convulsant agent quinolinic acid (QUIN) in human brain has led to the hypothesis that an increase of this tryptophan metabolite could serve as an endogenous epileptogen. A possible mechanism for a pathological accumulation of QUIN being a deficiency in its degradation, we have measu...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Feldblum S,Rougier A,Loiseau H,Loiseau P,Cohadon F,Morselli PL,Lloyd KG

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical dysplasia (CD, also known as malformations of cortical development) are the pathological substrates in a large percentage of patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy who may be amenable to surgical treatment. Therefore, research on the mechanisms of dysplastic lesion formation and epileptogenicity is of param...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Najm IM,Tilelli CQ,Oghlakian R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of patients with epilepsy about their own condition is poor, and thus the need for educational programs for people with epilepsy has long been recognized. However, no such programs have been established in their routine care. The Modular Service Package Epilepsy (MOSES) now tries to fill this gap for pat...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ried S,Specht U,Thorbecke R,Goecke K,Wohlfarth R

更新日期：2001-01-01 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:Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) often have severe epilepsy that is intractable to available therapies. The development of novel treatments for epilepsy in TSC would benefit greatly from a suitable animal model, but most animal models of TSC to date have few reported neurological abnormalities, su...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Erbayat-Altay E,Zeng LH,Xu L,Gutmann DH,Wong M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite the reported diagnostic value of the intracarotid amobarbital procedure (IAP) or "Wada test" for determining hemispheric lateralization and memory functioning, it has never undergone formal reliability testing because a prospective test-retest study design is neither feasible nor ethical. However, some ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Whitman LA,Morrison CE,Becske T,Barr WB,Carlson C

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic cellular inflammation closely associated with epilepsy without an active infection is a hallmark of Rasmussen encephalitis (RE). RE has typical and defining features lacking in other rare epilepsy patients who also have neocortical lymphocytes without an identifiable cause. A patient with malformations ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rhodes RH,Lehman RM,Wu BY,Roychowdhury S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:Few studies have examined the long-term sustainability of complete seizure freedom on the ketogenic diet (KD). The purpose of this study was to describe the risk of seizure recurrence in children who achieved at least 1 month of seizure freedom on the KD, and to assess clinical features associated with sustai...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Taub KS,Kessler SK,Bergqvist AG

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Decline in verbal memory as a surgical complication remains an unresolved problem in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Some areas in the temporal lobe associated with the language function, often including the basal temporal language area, have been removed or transected by conventional surgical procedures. The au...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mikuni N,Miyamoto S,Ikeda A,Satow T,Taki J,Takahashi J,Ohigashi Y,Hashimoto N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and the voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) complex are associated with distinct subtypes of limbic encephalitis regarding clinical presentation, response to therapy, and outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate white matter changes in these...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wagner J,Schoene-Bake JC,Witt JA,Helmstaedter C,Malter MP,Stoecker W,Probst C,Weber B,Elger CE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIPDM-Single photon emission computed tomography brain imaging was performed during interictal and ictal stages in three patients with complex partial seizures and secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures. In all three patients, interictal studies demonstrated decreased regional cerebral perfusion (rCP) and ictal...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lee BI,Markand ON,Wellman HN,Siddiqui AR,Mock B,Krepshaw J,Kung H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to investigate the lifetime prevalence of epileptic seizures in a population with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) and to characterize the seizures and the seizure-triggering factors. A letter was sent to all patients with known AIP in Sweden registered at the National Porphyria Cen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bylesjö I,Forsgren L,Lithner F,Boman K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with epilepsy have 20-fold risk of sudden death when compared to the general population. Uncontrolled seizures is the most consistent risk factor, and death often occurs at night or in relation to sleep. We examined seizure-related respiratory disturbances in sleep versus wakefulness, focusing on periictal ox...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Latreille V,Abdennadher M,Dworetzky BA,Ramel J,White D,Katz E,Zarowski M,Kothare S,Pavlova M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Medically refractory epilepsy caused by cortical tubers resulting from tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) often requires surgical intervention. The locations of cortical tubers generally are determined by preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this pilot study, we explored the feasibility of using the ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Oh S,Stewart T,Miller I,Bhatia S,Ragheb J,Duchowny M,Jayakar P,Lin WC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of prostaglandins (PGs) in the central nervous system are known to increase during and after experimentally induced seizures. In the present study, concentrations of PGE-2 were determined by radioimmunoassay in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 17 children shortly after a febrile convulsion. PGE-2 dat...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Löscher W,Siemes H

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：PURPOSE:Controversy persists about when EEG became a fundamental tool in the preoperative investigation for epilepsy surgery. We revisit Penfield's first use of invasive EEG monitoring, emphasizing its historical importance for the evolution of epilepsy surgery. METHODS:Patients' hospital charts and articles published...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Almeida AN,Martinez V,Feindel W

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The routine EEG study may prove inadequate in selected patients with recurrent and unprovoked seizures. Video-EEG monitoring is an important diagnostic innovation that may be used to confirm the diagnosis of a seizure disorder and classify seizure type. The methodologies and clinical applications of video-EEG monitori...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cascino GD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the study of a 30-month-old girl with refractory myoclonic epilepsy associated with mental retardation, growth delay, peculiar facial appearance, and minor physical anomalies. Extensive genetic studies were performed, including an array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) that showed...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Veredice C,Bianco F,Contaldo I,Orteschi D,Stefanini MC,Battaglia D,Lettori D,Guzzetta F,Zollino M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00