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Role of Anticonvulsants in the Management of Posttraumatic Epilepsy
Posttraumatic seizures have been recognized as a major complication of traumatic brain injury. The annual incidence of traumatic brain injury in the United States is 1.7 million.
Batool F Kirmani, Jason H Huang
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Anticonvulsants for fibromyalgia [PDF]
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a clinically well-defined chronic condition of unknown aetiology characterised by chronic widespread pain that often co-exists with sleep problems and fatigue. People often report high disability levels and poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Drug therapy focuses on reducing key symptoms and disability, and improving HRQoL.
Nurcan Üçeyler+3 more
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Magnesium sulphate and other anticonvulsants for women with pre-eclampsia
BACKGROUND Eclampsia, the occurrence of a seizure (fit) in association with pre-eclampsia, is rare but potentially life-threatening. Magnesium sulphate is the drug of choice for treating eclampsia. This review assesses its use for preventing eclampsia.
Lelia Duley
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Aim: Anticonvulsant medications are frequently used in clinical practice to treat psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, but the evidence for their efficacy is uncertain.
Chiara Davico+2 more
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Increasing use of atypical antipsychotics and anticonvulsants during pregnancy
William V Bobo
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Anticonvulsants in pregnancy. [PDF]
Epilepsy and pregnancy Recurrent seizures affect at least 1% of women who are of childbearing age, but as the fertility of both men and women with epilepsy is slightly reduced,' about one in 200 pregnancies occurs in a woman with epilepsy. Most of these women are taking anticonvulsants regularly.
Robert F W Moulds, Christine Kilpatrick
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Reduced Effect of Anticonvulsants on AMPA Receptor Palmitoylation-Deficient Mice
AMPA receptors are responsible for fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian brain. Post-translational protein S-palmitoylation of AMPA receptor subunits GluA1-4 reversibly regulates synaptic AMPA receptor expression, resulting in long ...
Madoka Iizumi+4 more
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Anticonvulsants for tinnitus [PDF]
Tinnitus is the perception of sound or noise in the absence of an external or internal acoustic stimulation. It is a common and potentially distressing symptom for which no adequate therapy exists.To assess the effectiveness of anticonvulsants in patients with chronic tinnitus.We searched the Cochrane Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Group Specialised ...
Hoekstra, C.E.+4 more
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Refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus and evidence for the use of ketamine: a scope review [PDF]
Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurological emergency with serious consequences for neuronal tissues, therefore, it is considered the most serious manifestation of epilepsy.
Luis Espinosa+3 more
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Five years of a single burn center experience with toxic epidermal necrolysis: retrospective study of causative drugs and the clinical outcome [PDF]
Background: Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are rare, but potentially life-threatening reactions to medications. Both conditions have significant morbidity and mortality.
Alireza Sedaghat+5 more
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