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Neurostimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy [PDF]
Continuum, 2013 The purpose of this review is to provide an evidence-based update on the neurostimulation options available for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy in the United States and in European countries.The field of neurostimulation for epilepsy has grown dramatically since 1997, when vagus nerve stimulation became the first device to be approved for ...
Christopher M, DeGiorgio, Scott E, Krahl
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Drug resistance in epilepsy [PDF]
Epilepsia, 2010 SummaryDrug resistance remains one of the major challenges in epilepsy therapy. Identification of factors that contribute to therapeutic failure is crucial for future development of novel drugs and therapeutic strategies for difficult‐to treat epilepsies. For an expanded treatment of this topic see Jasper’s basic mechanisms of the epilepsies.
Jan Gorter, Heidrun Potschka
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2022 Objective: This study aims to evaluate knowledge and awareness toward surgical treatment of epilepsy among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University.
Rami Algahtani +7 more
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Survey on Antiepileptic Drug Therapy in Patients with Drug Resistant Epilepsy [PDF]
, 2021 Background and purpose: Individualized anti-epileptic drug (AED) selection in patient with epilepsy is crucial. However, there is no unified opinion in treating patients with drug resistant epilepsy (DRE).
주민경 +19 more
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Clinical, radiological and electrophysiological predictors for drug-resistant epilepsy
The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2023 Background Epilepsy is the third chronic brain illness worldwide. About a third of the epileptic patients will be drug resistant. Early identification of these patients is critical for appropriate treatment selection and prevention of the devastating ...
Noha T. Abokrysha +5 more
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The gut microbiome in drug‐resistant epilepsy [PDF]
Epilepsia Open, 2021 Abstract Drug‐resistant epileptic patients make up approximately one‐third of the global epilepsy population. The pathophysiology of drug resistance has not been fully elucidated; however, current evidence suggests intestinal dysbiosis, as a possible etiopathogenic factor.
Simela Chatzikonstantinou +5 more
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, 2021 Background: Cardiac problems have been suggested as causes of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Our aim was to investigate possible associations of cardiac autonomic functions based on heart rate variability (HRV) parameters with risk factors ...
Serbest, Nail Guven +8 more
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Revisiting the concept of drug-resistant epilepsy: A TASK1 report of the ILAE/AES Joint Translational Task Force [PDF]
, 2023 Despite progress in the development of anti-seizure medications (ASMs), one third of people with epilepsy have drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). The working definition of DRE, proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) in 2010, helped ...
Galanopoulou, Aristea S +6 more
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How do children with drug-resistant epilepsy sleep? A clinical and video-PSG study
, 2021 Aim: The aim of this study was to assess sleep architecture and sleep problems among three homogenous groups of children including children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy, children with newly diagnosed, drug-naive focal epilepsy, and healthy children
Arhan, Ebru +7 more
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BEHAVIOURAL PARTICULARITIES OF PATIENTS WITH DRUG-RESISTANT EPILEPSY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY [PDF]
PsihologieThis study examines the behavioral particularities of individuals with epilepsy, focusing on aggression, hostility, and shyness in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy compared to those with well-controlled epilepsy.
Natalia DOȚEN
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