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The Professional Medical Journal, 2006 Objective: To compare the efficacy of ECT with those of pharmacologicaltreatment modalities, and to bring to light the continuing usefulness of ECT despite the availability of a number of newerand better medicines. Design: A prospective comparative study.
FARRUKH HAYAT KHAN, KHALID HAYAT KHAN
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Electroconvulsive therapy in a Hungarian academic centre (1999-2010). [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Since the 1930s, the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Semmelweis University (DPPSU) in Budapest has played a leading role in convulsive therapy in Hungary.
Bitter, István +5 more
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Review of Levetiracetam as a First Line Treatment in Status Epilepticus in the Adult Patients – What Do We Know so Far? [PDF]
, 2013 With the advent of new antiepileptic drugs comes the potential for significant advances in the emergent management of status epilepticus. Traditional antiepileptic drugs possess side effect profiles that may limit their clinical utility or lead to ...
Hae Won Shin, Robin Davis
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Precision therapies for genetic epilepsies in 2025: Promises and pitfalls
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract By targeting the underlying etiology, precision therapies offer an exciting paradigm shift to improve the stagnant outcomes of drug‐resistant epilepsies, including developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Unlike conventional antiseizure medications (ASMs) which only treat the symptoms (seizures) but have no effect on the underlying ...
Shuyu Wang +3 more
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Ambient technology in epilepsy clinical practice
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract The utilization of large language model‐based artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of neurology has gained attention as a viable tool to enhance and assist providers with processes ranging from scheduling patients to providing preliminary interpretations of testing results, pending orders, and documenting encounters. Epileptologists could
Haania Kakwan +3 more
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Clinical variants of limbic encephalitis
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019 The clinical picture of immunomediator disorders of the central nervous system resulting from autoimmune or paraneoplastic processes is often represented by the limbic symptom complex or limbic encephalitis. The article gives a brief description of these
Haggai Schermann +4 more
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Management of Lacerated and Swollen Tongue after Convulsive Seizure with a Mouth Protector: Interprofessional Collaboration Including Dentists in Intensive Care [PDF]
, 2014 We encountered a 74-year-old male patient with tongue laceration after convulsive seizures under intensive care. The tongue showed severe swelling, and the right ventral surface had been lacerated by his isolated and pointed right lower canine.
Morimatsu, Hiroshi +7 more
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Absence seizures: Update on signaling mechanisms and networks
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Absence seizures (AS) are a hallmark of genetic generalized epilepsies (GGE), characterized by brief episodes of impaired consciousness accompanied by electroencephalographic spike‐and‐wave discharges (SWDs). Traditionally attributed to cortico‐thalamo‐cortical (CTC) dysrhythmia, emerging evidence suggests a more intricate pathophysiological ...
Ozlem Akman, Filiz Onat
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Neonatal seizures: Advances in diagnosis and management
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) created the ILAE Neonatal Task Force that classified neonatal seizures, defined neonatal epilepsy syndromes, and specified treatment guidelines. These frameworks, in addition to improved access to genetic testing and other recent advances, have revolutionized the diagnosis and management of ...
Elissa G. Yozawitz +2 more
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Post-seizures amygdaloallocortical microvascular lesion leading to atrophy and memory impairment
Neurobiology of Disease, 2005 Although the incidence of seizures after a cerebrovascular event including intracerebral hemorrhage has been widely recognized, the present studies have demonstrated that generalized convulsive seizures can cause multifocal amygdaloallocortical ...
Sima Mraovitch +4 more
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