Good outcome is possible after months of refractory convulsive status epilepticus: lesson learned.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent reports define temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdala enlargement (TLE-AE) as a distinct electroclinical syndrome comparable to TLE with hippocampal sclerosis. In this retrospective observational study, we present the largest consecutive series of patients with new-onset TLE-AE to date and describe clini...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Malter MP,Widman G,Galldiks N,Stoecker W,Helmstaedter C,Elger CE,Wagner J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Quantitative measurement of hippocampal volume using structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a valuable tool for detection and lateralization of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (mTLE). We compare two automated hippocampal volume methodologies and manual hippocampal volumetry to d...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pardoe HR,Pell GS,Abbott DF,Jackson GD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical features of seizures occurring in a neurofibromatosis clinic population were examined in a retrospective study. Twenty-two individuals in a population of 359 persons with neurofibromatos 1 (NF1) had had one or more seizures. Age at first seizure ranged from 4 days to > 20 years. Patients were classified into ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Korf BR,Carrazana E,Holmes GL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Numerous studies have demonstrated changes in cognitive, memory, and language functioning in adults and adolescents after temporal lobectomy, yet little information is available regarding neuropsychological outcome in preadolescent children. METHODS:We studied pre- and postoperative neuropsychological test res...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Szabó CA,Wyllie E,Stanford LD,Geckler C,Kotagal P,Comair YG,Thornton AE

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize features influencing marital status in a group of patients with refractory epilepsy before and after epilepsy surgery and to assess the effect of seizure control on marital status after epilepsy surgery. METHODS:We analyzed marital status in 430 epilepsy surgery patients and in a subset with te...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Carran MA,Kohler CG,O'Connor MJ,Cloud B,Sperling MR

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Studies have found that affected individuals who believe the cause of their disorder is genetic may react in various ways, including optimism for improved treatments and pessimism due to perceived permanence of the condition. This study assessed the psychosocial impact of genetic attribution among people with...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Garofalo DC,Sorge ST,Hesdorffer DC,Winawer MR,Phelan JC,Chung WK,Ottman R

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can be used for noninvasive measurement of more than two dozen small metabolites in the brains of living animals and humans. In the first decade of its use for study of seizure phenomena in animals, MRS successfully detected in vivo seizure-induced cerebral acidosis and reduction ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Prichard JW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In 1992, the International Lamotrigine Pregnancy Registry was initiated to enroll prospectively and to monitor pregnancies exposed to lamotrigine (LTG) for the occurrence of major birth defects. This study presents results as of September 2001 on 168 outcomes exposed to LTG monotherapy and 166 outcomes after pr...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tennis P,Eldridge RR,International Lamotrigine Pregnancy Registry Scientific Advisory Committee.

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain stimulation is currently used as an experimental treatment for patients with medically refractory epilepsy. However, the results of such stimulation are still less than optimal. A major factor is the lack of understanding of the mechanisms of applied stimuli. Herein we review evidence on the effects of stimulati...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jiruska P,Powell AD,Deans JK,Jefferys JG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The cardiac component of risk for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and alterations in cardiac risk by vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) are not well understood. We determined changes in T-wave alternans (TWA), a proven noninvasive marker of risk for sudden cardiac death in patients with cardiovascular ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schomer AC,Nearing BD,Schachter SC,Verrier RL

更新日期：2014-12-01 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 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：PURPOSE:Valproate (VPA) is an extensively used drug in the therapy of epilepsies. One of the most frequently reported side effects of VPA is hemorrhagic diathesis. Some authors emphasized the decreased platelet count as the basis of VPA-induced hemorrhagic diathesis, but some reports suggested that a significant propor...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kis B,Szupera Z,Mezei Z,Gecse A,Telegdy G,Vécsei L

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) is a common structural malformation of cortical development. Mutations in the filamin A gene are frequent in familial cases with X-linked PNH. However, many cases with sporadic PNH remain genetically unexplained. Although medically refractory epilepsy often brings attention to...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Montier L,Haneef Z,Gavvala J,Yoshor D,North R,Verla T,Van Ness PC,Drabek J,Goldman AM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety, tolerability, and efficacy of gabapentin as adjunctive therapy were assessed in epileptic patients who had experienced up to four complex partial seizures per month while receiving phenytoin and/or carbamazepine. This was a multicenter, open-label prospective study, with the treatment period lasting 20 wee...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bruni J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) is a major neurological and medical emergency associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Retrospective and prospective studies from the Medical College of Virginia Epilepsy Research Center have been utilized to investigate several clinical and epidemiological factors associated with SE. Un...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： DeLorenzo RJ,Towne AR,Pellock JM,Ko D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the relationship between clinical characteristics and EEG classification in all children with febrile seizures examined at the University Pediatric Clinic, Skopje, Yugoslavia between 1982 and 1984. This is the only facility in Macedonia providing EEG or neurologic consultation for children. EEGs were class...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sofijanov N,Emoto S,Kuturec M,Dukovski M,Duma F,Ellenberg JH,Hirtz DG,Nelson KB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the short-term outcome of patients who had seizures while watching an animated cartoon TV program, "Pocket Monster," on December 16, 1997. METHODS:One and three years after the incident, questionnaires were sent to physicians of each patient about seizure recurrence, EEGs, and medication. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ishiguro Y,Takada H,Watanabe K,Okumura A,Aso K,Ishikawa T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the epileptogenic zone in neocortical epilepsy (NE) by using magnetoencephalography (MEG). METHODS:We defined and compared locations of single and multiple clusters of equivalent current dipoles (ECDs) for interictal spikes with MRI findings, ictal-onset zones (IOZs) from subdural electroenceph...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Oishi M,Kameyama S,Masuda H,Tohyama J,Kanazawa O,Sasagawa M,Otsubo H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the presence, extent, and clinical correlates of quantitative MR volumetric abnormalities in ipsilateral and contralateral hippocampus, and temporal and extratemporal lobe regions in unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:In total, 34 subjects with unilateral left (n = 15) or right (n = 19)...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Seidenberg M,Kelly KG,Parrish J,Geary E,Dow C,Rutecki P,Hermann B

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We predicted vigabatrin dosages for adjunctive therapy for pediatric patients with refractory complex partial seizures (rCPS) that would produce efficacy comparable to that observed for approved adult dosages. A dose-response model related seizure-count data to vigabatrin dosage to identify dosages for pediatric rCPS ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Nielsen JC,Tolbert D,Patel M,Kowalski KG,Wesche DL

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess seizure and cognitive outcomes and their predictors in children (<16 years at surgery) and adults undergoing temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery in eight Italian centers. METHODS:This is a retrospective multicenter study. We performed a descriptive analysis and subsequently carried out multivariab...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Barba C,Cossu M,Guerrini R,Di Gennaro G,Villani F,De Palma L,Grisotto L,Consales A,Battaglia D,Zamponi N,d'Orio P,Revay M,Rizzi M,Casciato S,Esposito V,Quarato PP,Di Giacomo R,Didato G,Pastori C,Pavia GC,Pellacani

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In vitro brain preparations have been used extensively to study the generation and propagation of epileptiform activity. Transverse and longitudinal slices of the rodent hippocampus have revealed various patterns of propagation. Yet intact connections between the transverse and longitudinal pathways should gene...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kibler AB,Durand DM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Commission on Classification and Terminology and the Commission on Epidemiology of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) have charged a Task Force to revise concepts, definition, and classification of status epilepticus (SE). The proposed new definition of SE is as follows: Status epilepticus is a condi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Trinka E,Cock H,Hesdorffer D,Rossetti AO,Scheffer IE,Shinnar S,Shorvon S,Lowenstein DH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal heart rate (FHR) characteristics of fetuses exposed and not exposed to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) were studied. FHR is considered to reflect central nervous system (CNS) integrity. Three intervals during pregnancy were investigated: 20, 32, and 38 weeks. At 32 and 38 weeks, FHR was studied in relation to quiet (...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Swartjes JM,van Geijn HP,Meinardi H,Mantel R

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) should affect the management of virtually every patient with proven or suspected epilepsy by (a) underlining the need to make all reasonable efforts to render each patient seizure-free; (b) emphasizing the importance of minimizing avoidable seizures; (c) b...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fish DR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To confirm the efficacy and to clarify the problems of clobazam (CLB) as a new antiepileptic drug (AED) and clorazepate (CLP) as an alternative AED in Japan. METHODS:CLB and CLP were added on or replaced with conventional AEDs in 55 and 170 patients with refractory epilepsies, respectively. Short-term efficacy...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sugai K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the correlation between visual field loss and the duration, dosage, and total amount of vigabatrin (VGB) medication in a group of patients with epilepsy. Co-medication of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and compliance were also studied. METHODS:Ninety-two patients (53 male and 39 female) taking VGB medi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hardus P,Verduin WM,Engelsman M,Edelbroek PM,Segers JP,Berendschot TT,Stilma JS

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00