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Adherence to anti-seizure medications and associated factors among children with epilepsy at tertiary Hospital in Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

BMC Neurology, 2022
Background Childhood epilepsy causes a tremendous burden for the child, the family, society as well as the healthcare system. Adherence to anti-seizure medications (ASMs) is a key to treatment success.
Hawi Mohammed, Kemal Lemnuro, Teferi Mekonnen, Tsegaye Melaku   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serum folate levels in children on long-term anti-seizure medication in a Nigerian tertiary center—Implications for practice and public health

Science Progress, 2021
Background: Epilepsy is the most common childhood neurological disorder in Nigeria. Treatment of epilepsy is long-term and sometimes lifelong with anti-seizure medications.
Adaobi I Bisi-Onyemaechi, Ugo N Chikani, Ndubuisi A Uwaezuoke, Ann E Aronu, Ngozi C Ojinnaka   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epilepsy-associated comorbidities among adults: A plausible therapeutic role of gut microbiota

Neurobiology of Disease, 2022
Epilepsy is a debilitating disorder that affects about 70 million people in the world currently. Most patients with epilepsy (PWE) often reported at least one type of comorbid disorder.
Alina Arulsamy, Mohd. Farooq Shaikh
doaj   +1 more source

Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Refractory Epilepsy: Effects on Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines in Peripheral Blood [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: The vagus nerve has important immunological functions that may be relevant for its anticonvulsive action. We postulate that this anticonvulsive action is activated by a shift in the immune system resulting in a reduction of neurotoxic and an ...
J.S.H. Vles, Schwarz, J.M., Berfelo, M. W., M. Schwarz, Vles, J. S. H., Schwarz, M., Hulsman, J. A. R. J., A. Myint, Majoie, H. J. M., M.W. Berfelo, Hulsman, J.A.R.J., K. Rijkers, Myint, A., J.A.R.J. Hulsman, Rijkers, K., H.J.M. Majoie   +15 more
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The IDH1 inhibitor ivosidenib improved seizures in a patient with drug-resistant epilepsy from IDH1 mutant oligodendroglioma

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2022
Compared to high grade gliomas, low grade gliomas such as oligodendrogliomas are often more epileptogenic. Epilepsy develops in 70–90% of patients with oligodendrogliomas and 40% of these are resistant to anti-seizure medications and surgery [3].
Anh Huan Vo, Prakash Ambady, David Spencer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Priapism associated with anti-seizure medications: a pharmacovigilance study and a review of published cases

, 2023
Recently, case reports of priapism associated with the use of some anti-seizure medications began to emerge in the literature. We aimed to investigate if there is a potential safety signal of priapism among individual anti-seizure medications and to ...
Ana V. Pejčić (6269477), Nemanja Z. Petrović (17602161), Ivan R. Milovanović (17602164)   +2 more
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Evaluation of two anti-seizure medication strategies in refractory epilepsy patients from a tertiary center with complementary insights from data visualization [PDF]

, 2021
Objective: To evaluate the healthcare resources in a tertiary center related to exclusive use of non-enzyme inducing anti-seizure medications relative to concomitant use of enzyme-inducing anti-seizure medications in patients with refractory epilepsy ...
Wammes-van der Heijden, Elisabeth, van’ t Veer, Marcel; id_orcid, Dingen, Dennis; id_orcid, Lazeron, Richard H. C., Van' t Veer, Marcel, van Mastrigt, Ghislaine, van Mastrigt, Ghislaine; id_orcid, van’ t Veer, Marcel, Dingen, Dennis, Lazeron, Richard H.C., Majoie, Marian   +10 more
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Treatment Associated Cognitive Decline: Evaluation of Existing Anti-Seizure Medications and Novel Curcumin Derivatives in A Zebrafish Model System

, 2022
Anti-seizure medications can be used to manage epilepsy, but they come with undesirable side effects such as reducing the ability to learn and remember.
BRANDON KAR MENG CHOO (12093809)
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GNAO1-related neurodevelopmental disorder: Literature review and caregiver survey

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2023
Background: GNAO1-related neurodevelopmental disorder is a heterogeneous condition characterized by hypotonia, developmental delay, epilepsy, and movement disorder.
Qian-Zhou JoJo Yang, Brenda E Porter, Erika T Axeen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adherence to anti-seizure medications in the Swedish Prospective Regional Epilepsy Database and Biobank for Individualized Clinical Treatment (PREDICT). [PDF]

Epilepsy Behav Rep, 2023
The aim of this study was to describe the extent of, and risk factors for, non-adherence to anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in adult people with epilepsy (PWE) in Sweden.A cross-sectional multi-centre study was performed of PWEs in western Sweden, with ...
Andrén K, Larsson D, Asztély F, Zelano J.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources