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Cerebellar contribution to absence epilepsy
The new aggregate data analyses revealed the earlier missing role of cerebellum long-term electrical stimulation in the absence epilepsy. Neurophysiologic data gained by authors favor that cerebellar serial deep brain stimulation (DBS) (100 Hz) causes the transformation of penicillin-induced cortical focal discharges into prolonged 3,5-3,75 sec ...
Enes, Akyuz +4 more
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Astrocytes and absence epilepsy [PDF]
This article is a commentary on the research paper by Yamamura et al., pp. 1088‐1100 of this issue.
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Neuropsychological evaluations, behavior patterns, and outcomes were studied in a retrospective analysis of 10 patients (7 girls, 3 boys) with onset of absence epilepsy before age 3 years, referred between 1986 and 2002 at Hopital Henri Gastaut ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Absence seizures in lesion-related epilepsy
Background In the new International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification of seizure types, generalized seizures such as absence seizures (ASs) may originate from a focal point and rapidly spread to the bilaterally distributed brain network ...
Xiaoqin Sun +14 more
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Objective: Absence epilepsy (AE) is related to both cognitive and physical impairments. In this narrative review, we critically discuss the pathophysiology of AE and the impairment of attention in children and adolescents with AE. In particular, we contextualize the attentive dysfunctions of AE with the associated risks, such as accidental injuries ...
Barone, Valentina +2 more
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Demonstration project on epilepsy in Brazil - WHO/ILAE/IBE Global Campaign Against Epilepsy - A foreword [PDF]
In 2002, ASPE (Assistência à Saúde de Pacientes com Epilepsia)* initiated an Epilepsy Demonstration Project (DP) in Brazil as part of the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy "Epilepsy out of the Shadows", led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the ...
Sander, JW +9 more
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Causal hierarchy within the thalamo-cortical network in spike and wave discharges [PDF]
Background: Generalised spike wave (GSW) discharges are the electroencephalographic (EEG) hallmark of absence seizures, clinically characterised by a transitory interruption of ongoing activities and impaired consciousness, occurring during states of ...
Lemieux, L. +56 more
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Cognitive Function and Absence Epilepsy
Researchers at the University of Rome, Italy studied executive function and attention in 15 children with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) (8 boys, 7 girls), under treatment with valproic acid, compared to healthy controls.
J Gordon Millichap
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EEG in childhood absence epilepsy [PDF]
We performed a longitudinal clinico-electroencephalographic study of 23 children who were diagnosed as having absence epilepsy on their initial visits to our facility and we analysed those factors which lead to an unfavourable prognosis.We divided the 23 patients into three groups according to their clinical courses: Group A: eight patients who ...
Yoshinaga, Harumi +6 more
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Carbamazepine Exacerbation of Absence Epilepsy
The inappropriate use of carbamazepine (CBZ) in 8 children, and vigabatrin (VGB) in 2, among 18 consecutive referrals of children with resistant typical absence seizures, is reported from St Thomas’ and Guy’s Hospitals, London, UK.
J Gordon Millichap
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