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Eslicarbazepine‐induced severe hyponatremia resulted in generalized tonic‐clonic seizure

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Although eslicarbazepine is an anti‐seizure medication, it may result in seizure worsening if its use is complicated by severe hyponatremia, even long time after commencing this medication. The treatment is a replacement for another ASM.
Mhd Baraa Habib, Mohammad Elshafei, Elrazi Ali, Sundus Sardar, Khaled Ali, Naim Haddad, Mohamed Abdelaty   +6 more
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The effectiveness of anti-inflammatory and anti-seizure medication for individuals with single enhancing lesion neurocysticercosis: A meta-analysis and expert group-based consensus recommendations.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Single brain enhancing lesions (SEL) are the most common presentation of neurocysticercosis (NCC) observed on neuroimaging in people presenting with epileptic seizures not only on the Indian sub-continent and in travelers returning from cysticercosis ...
Annette Abraham, Javier A Bustos, Hélène Carabin, Robert de Meijere, Priyadarshi S Sahu, Vedantam Rajshekhar, Gagandeep Singh, A Clinton White, Peter L Chiodini, Sarah Gabriël, Mamoun Homeida, Theodore Nash, Bernard Ngowi, Xiao Nong Zhou, Christina Coyle, Hector H Garcia, Andrea S Winkler   +16 more
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A machine-learning guided method for predicting add-on and switch in secondary data sources: A case study on anti-seizure medications in Danish registries

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Purpose: There is a lack of available evidence regarding the treatment pattern of switches and add-ons for individuals aged 65 years or older with epilepsy during the first years from the time they received their first anti-seizure medication because of ...
Peter Suhr Breitenstein, Israa Mahmoud, Fahed Al-Azzawi, Saeed Shakibfar, Maurizio Sessa   +4 more
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Effect of Ivermectin Treatment on the Frequency of Seizures in Persons with Epilepsy Infected with Onchocerca volvulus

Pathogens, 2020
A clinical trial performed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), among persons with epilepsy (PWE) infected with Onchocerca volvulus treated with anti-seizure medication suggested that ivermectin reduces the seizure frequency. We assessed the effect
Alfred Dusabimana, Solomon Tsebeni Wafula, Stephen Jada Raimon, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Dan Bhwana, Floribert Tepage, Gasim Abd-Elfarag, An Hotterbeekx, Steven Abrams, Robert Colebunders   +9 more
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A prospective interventional study evaluating seizure activity during a radiotherapy course for high-grade gliomas (SURF-ROGG)

BMC Cancer, 2021
Background Gliomas are often associated with symptoms including seizures. Most patients with high-grade gliomas are treated with radiotherapy or radio-chemotherapy. Since irradiation causes inflammation, it may initially aggravate symptoms.
Dirk Rades, Jaspar Witteler, Denise Olbrich, Peter Trillenberg, Steven E. Schild, Soeren Tvilsted, Troels W. Kjaer   +6 more
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Availability, affordability, and quality of essential anti‐seizure medication in Cambodia

Epilepsia Open, 2021
Objective Epilepsy is a major neurological disorder that requires long‐term medical treatment. Once epilepsy is diagnosed, people with epilepsy face many difficulties in accessing treatment (treatment gap).
Noudy Sengxeu, Chanraksmey Aon, Hanh Dufat, Farid Boumediene, Samleng Chan, Sina Ros, Pierre‐Marie Preux, Voa Ratsimbazafy, Jeremy Jost   +8 more
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Scoping review of disease-modifying effect of drugs in experimental epilepsy

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
ObjectiveEpilepsy affects ~50 million people worldwide causing significant medical, financial, and sociologic concerns for affected patients and their families.
Heather D. Ots, Taylor Anderson, William Sherrerd-Smith, John DelBianco, Gordana Rasic, Anthony Chuprin, Zeeshan Toor, Elizabeth Fitch, Kripa Ahuja, Faith Reid, Alberto E. Musto, Alberto E. Musto   +11 more
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One-Year Analysis of Risk Factors Associated With Cognitive Impairment in Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy in Adults

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Cognitive impairment (CI) occurs in people with epilepsy, affecting their quality of life. This study aimed to identify factors associated with CI in adult patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy.
Nan Li, Jing Li, Yanyan Chen, Yanyan Chen, Chaojia Chu, Xin Zhang, Rui Zhong, Mengmeng Li, Yingxue Lu, Qian Zhao, Weihong Lin   +10 more
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“Resistance Is Futile”: A Pilot Study into Pseudoresistance in Canine Epilepsy

Animals, 2023
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder in veterinary practice, complicated by frequent occurrence of medication-resistant epilepsy. In human medicine, it has been noted that some patients with medication-resistant epilepsy have in fact other reasons ...
Filip Kajin, Nina Meyerhoff, Marios Charalambous, Holger Andreas Volk   +3 more
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Bi-level VNS therapy with different therapy modes at night and daytime improves seizures and quality of life in a patient with drug-resistant epilepsy

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2023
Induction or aggravation of sleep apnea is a known side effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). We report the case of a 44 year old male with drug-resistant epilepsy and depression who did not experience any seizure reduction after 1 year of VNS but a ...
Berthold R. Voges
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