Systemic and neurologic autoimmune disorders associated with seizures or epilepsy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Corpus callosotomy is an effective palliative treatment for drug-resistant Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Laser interstitial thermal therapy has been increasingly used in the treatment of epilepsy. Here, we assess the safety and effectiveness of minimally invasive stereotactic laser anterior corpus callosotom...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tao JX,Satzer D,Issa NP,Collins J,Wu S,Rose S,Henry J,Santos de Lima F,Nordli D,Warnke PC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the potential pharmacokinetic interactions between topiramate (TPM) and phenytoin (PHT) in patients with epilepsy by studying their pharmacokinetics (PK) after monotherapy and concomitant TPM/PHT treatment. METHODS:Twelve patients with epilepsy stabilized on PHT monotherapy were enrolled in this st...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sachdeo RC,Sachdeo SK,Levy RH,Streeter AJ,Bishop FE,Kunze KL,Mather GG,Roskos LK,Shen DD,Thummel KE,Trager WF,Curtin CR,Doose DR,Gisclon LG,Bialer M

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Drug-resistant epilepsy poses a challenge in neonatal patients, especially those in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), who have various secondary comorbidities. We present results of four children with a history of drug-resistant epilepsy for whom a ketogenic diet was initiated and used in the NICU. A nonfasting...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Thompson L,Fecske E,Salim M,Hall A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population study was performed to estimate the prevalence of epilepsy in the juvenile population of Valladolid, Spain. Using a mixed questionnaire (postal-domiciliary), we studied a sample of 5,100 primary school pupils (aged between 6 and 14 years) and 48 pupils receiving state-run special education. We also identi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ochoa Sangrador C,Palencia Luaces R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the semiological features of auditory aura and to assess their possible lateralizing value in partial epilepsy. METHODS:Out of a series of 8,000 patients with epilepsy, we investigated 121 cases with partial seizures in whom auditory features were the first ictal symptom. According to the dominant ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Florindo I,Bisulli F,Pittau F,Naldi I,Striano P,Striano S,Michelucci R,Testoni S,Baruzzi A,Tinuper P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic findings are emerging rapidly in 2 large, closely related epilepsy research consortia: the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project and Epi4K. Disclosure of individual results to participants in genomic research is increasingly viewed as an ethical obligation, but strategies for return of results were not included in t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ottman R,Freyer C,Mefford HC,Poduri A,Lowenstein DH,Epilepsy Return of Results Workshop Participants.

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:The antiepileptic properties of carbamazepine (Tegretol) and clonazepam (Rivotril) were compared in a double-blind randomized study comprising 36 patients with newly diagnosed, untreated psychomotor epilepsy (partial seizures with complex symptomatology). No significant differences were found between the two drugs dur...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mikkelsen B,Berggreen P,Joensen P,Kristensen O,Køhler O,Mikkelsen BO

更新日期：1981-08-01 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：:With increasing use of intensive video-EEG monitoring, publications concerning pseudoepileptic seizures have burgeoned, but without clarification concerning differing psychopathologic mechanisms and without distinction of different syndromic varieties. The frequent concurrence of pseudoepileptic and epileptic seizures...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ozkara C,Dreifuss FE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:First-time seizure and status epilepticus during pregnancy have been previously reported as the initial manifestation of intracranial cavernous hemangioma. We report a woman with no history of seizures who presented with refractory status epilepticus at 10 weeks gestation. Cranial MRI revealed a right frontal c...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Aladdin Y,Gross DW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Posterior cortex epilepsies (PCEs) encompass a group of epilepsies originating from the occipital, parietal, or occipital border of the temporal lobe, or from any combination of these regions. When their seizures are refractory to pharmacologic treatment, these patients are usually referred for surgery. The aim...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dalmagro CL,Bianchin MM,Velasco TR,Alexandre V Jr,Walz R,Terra-Bustamante VC,Inuzuka LM,Wichert-Ana L,Araújo D Jr,Serafini LN,Carlotti CG Jr,Assirati JA Jr,Machado HR,Santos AC,Sakamoto AC

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Our previous finding that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of both thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and its analogue, gamma-butyrolactone-gamma-carbonyl-L-histidyl-L-prolinamide citrate (DN-1417), suppressed seizure development of amygdaloid (AM) kindling and kindled AM seizures leads to a new hypoth...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kajita S,Ogawa N,Sato M

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are associated with a wide variety of acute and chronic adverse events and with many interactions with each other and with non-AEDs that complicate patient management. The safety and interaction profiles of the newer AEDs have also been intensively studied. Safety data are available...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shorvon S,Stefan H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study aimed to clarify the effect of electrical stimulation and lesioning of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT) on kainic acid (KA)-induced focal cortical seizures in a rat model. To address the mechanism underlying these anticonvulsant actions, cerebral glucose metabolism after ANT electric...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Takebayashi S,Hashizume K,Tanaka T,Hodozuka A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Eyelid myoclonic jerks have been described in fixation-off-sensitive (FOS) epilepsy, but their relationship to nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) or to catamenial exacerbations is little reported. METHODS:We describe a woman of normal intelligence with catamenial periods of prolonged NCSE who exhibited va...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ming X,Kaplan PW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on cognitive function and behavior in children are reviewed on the basis of published studies. Individual AEDs have been shown to differ--the deleterious effects of phenytoin generally contrasting with the relatively minimal effects of valproate and carbamazepine. Some of the ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Trimble MR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of spontaneous spindling in electrocorticograms from awake rodents are described. Comparisons are made between this spontaneous activity and epileptic activity generated in the sensorimotor cortex. ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hammond EJ,Villarreal HJ,Wilder BJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The low glycemic index treatment (LGIT) is a high fat, limited carbohydrate diet used in the treatment of epilepsy. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and tolerability of the LGIT for the treatment of refractory seizures in pediatric patients with Angelman syndrome. METHODS:A pediatric Angelm...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Thibert RL,Pfeifer HH,Larson AM,Raby AR,Reynolds AA,Morgan AK,Thiele EA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative evidence of hippocampal atrophy has been correlated with site of seizure onset, hippocampal neuronal loss, and seizure relief after resection. Most studies have quantified hippocampal atrophy using ratios or differences between right and left hippocampal values. However, bilateral hippocampal atrophy may ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： King D,Spencer SS,McCarthy G,Luby M,Spencer DD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Organophosphates (OPs) are commonly used insecticides for agriculture and domestic purposes, but may also serve as nerve agents. Exposure to OPs result in overstimulation of the cholinergic system and lead to status epilepticus (SE), a life-threatening condition that is often resistant to treatment. SE is ass...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bar-Klein G,Swissa E,Kamintsky L,Shekh-Ahmad T,Saar-Ashkenazy R,Hubary Y,Shrot S,Stetlander L,Eisenkraft A,Friedman A,Bialer M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute administration of taurine produced a transient loss of susceptibility to photically induced seizures in photosensitive baboons, but failed to affect kindled amygdaloid convulsions in baboons, rats, and cats. In addition, it was totally ineffective in changing the course of spontaneous status epilepticus in kindl...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wada JA,Osawa T,Wake A,Corcoran ME

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using transhemispheric transfer and post-transfer interference as specific measures, the relationship between chemical and electrical kindling at the amygdala (AM) in rats was examined. Chemical kindling was accomplished by repeated injections of a subconvulsive dose of combined L-glutamate (GLU) and L-aspartate (ASP)...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mori N,Wada JA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation between psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) and generalized convulsive epileptic seizures (ES) is important for appropriate triaging in the emergency department (ED). This can be difficult in the ED, as the event is often not witnessed by a medical professional. In the current study, we investigat...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Li Y,Matzka L,Maranda L,Weber D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many antiseizure drugs (ASDs) act on voltage-dependent sodium channels, and the molecular basis of these effects is well established. In contrast, how ASDs act on the level of neuronal networks is much less understood. METHODS:In the present study, we determined the effects of eslicarbazepine (S-Lic) on diff...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schmidt S,Pothmann L,Müller-Komorowska D,Opitz T,Soares da Silva P,Beck H

更新日期：2021-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lowering extracellular magnesium induces different patterns of epileptiform activity in rat hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. Short recurrent epileptiform discharges in the hippocampus are stable over time, whereas seizure-like events (SLEs) in the entorhinal cortex, the subiculum, and the neighboring neocortex devel...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zhang CL,Gloveli T,Heinemann U

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:This study sought to determine the frequency and clinical significance of nonhabitual seizures in 101 consecutive patients undergoing presurgical intracranial electroencephalography intracranial (icEEG) recording. We compared clinical data, recording details, and postsurgical outcome in patients with nonhabitual seizu...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kovac S,Rodionov R,Chinnasami S,Wehner T,Scott CA,McEvoy AW,Miserocchi A,Diehl B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00