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Epilepsia Open, 2023 Objective We analyzed trends in patients' characteristics, outcomes, and waiting times over the last 25 years at our epilepsy surgery center situated in Central Europe to highlight possible areas of improvement in our care for patients with drug ...
Vít Všianský +13 more
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Introduction to the special issue “Redesigning the hypotheses for drug‐resistant epilepsy”
Epilepsia Open, 2022 Drug‐resistant epilepsy represents an important neurological condition. Its prevalence is not modified in spite of the different hypotheses established to understand the mechanisms involved.
Luisa Rocha
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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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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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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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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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Ketogenic diets for drug-resistant epilepsy [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020 Ketogenic diets (KDs) are high in fat and low in carbohydrates and have been suggested to reduce seizure frequency in people with epilepsy. Such diets may be beneficial for children with drug-resistant epilepsy. This is an update of a review first published in 2003, and last updated in 2018.To assess the effects of ketogenic diets for people with drug ...
Martin-McGill, Kirsty J +3 more
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The gut microbiome in drug‐resistant epilepsy [PDF]
Epilepsia Open, 2021 AbstractDrug‐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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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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Assessment of clinical risk factors for drug-resistant epilepsy in children and teenagers [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological illnesses occurring in children. In approximately 20–30% of cases it is drug-resistant.
Janusz Wendorff +2 more
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