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Carbamazepine Exacerbation of Absence Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1998
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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Pharmacogenetics of Antiepileptic Drug Efficacy in Childhood Absence Epilepsy

Annals of Neurology, 2017
To determine whether common polymorphisms in CACNA1G, CACNA1H, CACNA1I, and ABCB1 are associated with differential short‐term seizure outcome in childhood absence epilepsy (CAE).
Tracy A. Glauser, K. Holland, V. P. O'Brien, M. Keddache, Lisa J. Martin, Peggy O. Clark, A. Cnaan, D. Dlugos, D. Hirtz, S. Shinnar, G. Grabowski   +10 more
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Genome wide high density SNP-based linkage analysis of childhood absence epilepsy identifies a susceptibility locus on chromosome 3p23-p14

, 2009
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is an idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE) characterised by typical absence seizures manifested by transitory loss of awareness with 2.5–4 Hz spike-wave complexes on ictal EEG.
Sander, Thomas, Eeg-Olofsson, O, Everett, KV, Everett, Kate V., Friis, Mogens Laue, Dulac, Olivier, Siren, Auli, Dooley, Joseph M, Aschauer, H, Kjeldsen, MJ, Dulac, O, Wirrell, Elaine, Covanis, Athanasios, Brouwer, Oebele, Covanis, A, Sirén, A, Aicardi, Jean, Gardiner, RM, Durner, Martina, Robinson, R, Nabbout, Rima, Gardiner, R. Mark, McKeigue, Paul, Sander, T, Dooley, JM, Gardiner, R Mark, McKeigue, Paul; id_orcid, Chioza, BA, Aschauer, Harald, Everett, Kate V, Eeg-Olofsson, Orvar, Brouwer, O, Nabbout, R, McKeigue, P, Robinson, Robert, Chioza, Barry A., Dooley, Joseph M., Nashef, L, Feucht, Martha, Feucht, M, Guerrini, R, Aicardi, J, Durner, M, Nashef, Lina, Wirrell, E, Callenbach, P, Guerrini, Renzo, Callenbach, Petra, Chioza, Barry A, Friis, ML, Kjeldsen, Marianne Juel, Eeg-Olofsson, Orvar,   +51 more
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Epilepsy treatment gap, associated risk factors and intervention strategies in Kilifi, Kenya [PDF]

, 2011
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. Globally it affects over 69 million people of whom 90% live in Resource Poor Countries (RPCs).
Kathomi Mbuba, Caroline
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Thyroid function and epilepsy: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
BackgroundThyroid hormones (THs) play a crucial role in regulating various biological processes, particularly the normal development and functioning of the central nervous system (CNS).
Di Lu, Di Lu, Yunming Wang, Yunming Wang, Yanfeng Yang, Yanfeng Yang, Huaqiang Zhang, Huaqiang Zhang, Xiaotong Fan, Xiaotong Fan, Sichang Chen, Sichang Chen, Penghu Wei, Penghu Wei, Penghu Wei, Yongzhi Shan, Yongzhi Shan, Guoguang Zhao, Guoguang Zhao, Guoguang Zhao   +19 more
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Treatment Duration for Absence Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1995
The effects of 6 months of treatment followed by a 5- to 6-week withdrawal period of ethosuximide (ESM) in 3 children, ages 5, 10, and 10 years, with new onset absence epilepsy are reported from the Departments of Neurology, State University of New York ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Absence Epilepsy and Moyamoya Disease

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2006
The case of a 6-year-old girl with typical absence epilepsy associated with moyamoya disease (MMD) is reported from the Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
J Gordon Millichap
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Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
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Topographic distribution of seizure patterns in patients with absence epilepsy

, 2022
Background: Absence seizures, which are also known as petit mal seizures, are the most common type of seizures in pediatric epilepsy. They appear in several types of epilepsy and are characterized by impaired consciousness and 3-Hz spike-and-slow-wave ...
Mazzaretto, Andrea
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Absence Epilepsy and Paroxysmal Dyskinesia

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2002
Six patients aged 6 to 27 years (mean, 14 years) with childhood absence epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesia (PD), identified at five European centers participating in a study group, are reported from Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
J Gordon Millichap
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