Monotherapy or polytherapy for epilepsy revisited: a quantitative assessment.

abstract：PURPOSE:This study examined the influence of two psychosocial variables mediating between disease severity and quality of life (QoL) in epilepsy; social support and mastery (measured by locus of control and self-efficacy). A model placing these two variables as mediators between disease severity and QoL was tested with...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Amir M,Roziner I,Knoll A,Neufeld MY

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：PURPOSE:To describe the correlations between spiking pattern and EEG power spectrum frequency in DBA/2J mice, a model for murine absence seizures, after gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)(B) modulation. METHODS:The animals were first tested with the GABA(B) agonist l-baclofen followed by the GABA(B) antagonist SCH 50911. ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Marrosu F,Santoni F,Fà M,Puligheddu M,Barberini L,Genugu F,Frau R,Manunta M,Mereu G

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the general utility of voxel-based processing of structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data for detecting occult lesions in focal epilepsy is established, many differences exist among studies, and it is unclear which processing method is preferable. The aim of this study was to compare the abil...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Martin P,Winston GP,Bartlett P,de Tisi J,Duncan JS,Focke NK

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:  Lamotrigine (LTG) is an effective clinical treatment for epilepsy associated with absence seizures. However, the impact of LTG administration in studies employing various animal models of epilepsy remains controversial. This study aimed to clarify the outcomes of LTG treatment on absence seizures and comorbid...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Huang HY,Lee HW,Chen SD,Shaw FZ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical presentation, neuroradiologic characteristics, and detailed histopathologic findings in a unique case of drug-resistant focal epilepsy due to sublobar dysplasia (SLD), treated successfully by resection of the malformed cortex. Histopathology with leptomeningeal and subcortical heterotopia, distu...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tuxhorn I,Woermann FG,Pannek HW,Hans VH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-standing practice of polypharmacy in treating epilepsy is giving way to use of monotherapy. Monotherapy can improve seizure control as well as reduce the risk of serious idiosyncratic reactions, dose-related side effects, and complex drug interactions. Monotherapy also offers improved compliance and cost-effe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wilder BJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ictal and interictal epileptic activity was recorded for the first time by multichannel magnetoencephalography (MEG) in three patients with partial epilepsy. Pre- and intra-operative localization of the epileptogenic region was compared. The interictal epileptic activity was localized at the same region of the tempora...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Stefan H,Schneider S,Feistel H,Pawlik G,Schüler P,Abraham-Fuchs K,Schlegel T,Neubauer U,Huk WJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical techniques may vary extensively between centers. We report on a web-based survey aimed at evaluating the current technical approaches in different centers around the world performing epilepsy surgery in children. The intention of the survey was to establish technical standards. A request was made to 88 center...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cukiert A,Rydenhag B,Harkness W,Cross JH,Gaillard WD,Task Force for Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery for the ILAE Commissions of Pediatrics and Surgical Therapies.

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to systematically review studies that have focused on behavioral and emotional functioning before (baseline) and after (follow-up) pediatric epilepsy surgery. METHODS:The systematic review was carried out according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyse...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Reilly C,Baldeweg T,Stewart N,Wadhwani S,Jones C,Helen Cross J,Heyman I

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previously we demonstrated that L-(+)-beta-hydroxybutyrate (L-BHB), acetoacetate (ACA), acetone, and dibenzylamine (DBA) were anticonvulsant in an audiogenic seizure-susceptible model, and that DBA was a bioactive contaminant identified in commercial lots of L-BHB. In the present study, we asked whether these e...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Donevan SD,White HS,Anderson GD,Rho JM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homocysteine thiolactone (HTL) elicits seizures in mice at a dose of 850 mg/kg (95-100% of animals) with an average latency time of 19.5 min. These seizures are reversed by both 5' N-ethylcarboximide adenosine (NECA) and flunitrazepam, with respective ED50 doses of 0.025 and 0.20 mg/kg. NECA was approximately four-fol...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Marangos PJ,Loftus T,Wiesner J,Lowe T,Rossi E,Browne CE,Gruber HE

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：: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：:Pregnancy is associated with characteristic changes in the disposition of antiepileptic drugs; recent findings on this aspect of drug utilization are presented. In one study involving 48 pregnancies, the mean level-dose ratio of phenytoin decreased by 34%. In another study of 111 patients, phenytoin clearance increase...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Levy RH,Yerby MS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this article is to review the literature on the effects of psychostimulants in epileptic subjects in order to reach a consensus statement regarding the use or abuse of these substances. METHODS:Psychostimulant substances have been considered the drugs that share the ability to produce excitation of ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zagnoni PG,Albano C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to characterize the incidence and etiology of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in a community-based cohort of children with new-onset disease. METHODS:A community-based cohort of 30 children with TLE was studied. The patients had new-onset disease before age 14 years between 1995 and 1999...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sztriha L,Gururaj AK,Bener A,Nork M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are among the most common clinical manifestations of conversion disorder and consist of paroxysmal behavior that resembles epileptic seizures. Preliminary data from functional neuroimaging studies gave plausible evidence that limbic circuits and sensorimotor cortex might...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Labate A,Cerasa A,Mula M,Mumoli L,Gioia MC,Aguglia U,Quattrone A,Gambardella A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the long-term cognitive and educational outcomes in children prospectively identified at the time of a first unprovoked seizure. METHODS:A cohort of children with a first unprovoked seizure was enrolled and followed for a mean of 15 years. Cognitive function and educational outcomes were determine...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sogawa Y,Masur D,O'Dell C,Moshe SL,Shinnar S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of new excitatory connectivity and decreases in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic inhibition are mechanisms underlying posttraumatic epileptogenesis in animal models. Experimental strategies that interfere with these processes, applied between the trauma and seizure onset, are antiepileptogenic in the labora...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Prince DA,Parada I,Li H,McDonald W,Graber K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Nimodipine and high-affinity [125I]omega-conotoxin GVIA (CgTX) binding were investigated in membranes from rat cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and hippocampus after electrically and chemically induced seizures. Animals were decapitated 30 min after a single electroconvulsive shock (ECS) or lidocaine-induced seizure a...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gleiter CH,Cain CJ,Weiss SR,Post RM,Marangos PJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence, manifestations, lateralizing value, and surgical prognostic value of somatosensory auras (SSAs) in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:Eighty-one consecutive patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for refractory complex-partial seizures were screened for ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Erickson JC,Clapp LE,Ford G,Jabbari B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the developmental trajectories of quality of life (QoL) in a large cohort of children with epilepsy, and to assess the relative contribution of clinical, psychosocial, and sociodemographic variables on QoL trajectories. METHODS:Five assessments during a 28-month prospective cohort study were used...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ferro MA,Avery L,Fayed N,Streiner DL,Cunningham CE,Boyle MH,Lach L,Glidden G,Rosenbaum PL,Ronen GM,QUALITÉ group.

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with the inflammatory process related to the basic mechanisms that lead to seizure susceptibility and brain damage. Platelet-activating factor (PAF), a potent, short-lived phospholipid mediator of inflammation, participates in physiologic signaling in the brain. However, aft...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Musto AE,Samii M

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Twenty therapy-resistant epileptic patients entered a double-blind, randomized, two-period, cross-over trial comparing progabide (19.3-36 mg/kg/day) and placebo as add-on drugs to standard therapy. Each period lasted 6 weeks with a gradual crossover during 4 days. Five patients were dropped because of reasons unrelate...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Martínez-Lage JM,Bossi L,Morales G,Martínez Vila E,Orofiamma B,Viteri C

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the neurophysiologic characteristics of epileptic myoclonus in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) and myoclonic astatic epilepsy (MAE). METHODS:Three patients with symptomatic LGS (mean age, 15 years +/- 4) and three with cryptogenic MAE (mean age, 9 years +/- 3) were studied. Temporal relati...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bonanni P,Parmeggiani L,Guerrini R

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00