Profile of once-daily zonisamide as monotherapy for treatment of partial seizures in adults. [PDF]
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders, affecting about 50 million people around the world. It is recognized that around 50% of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy become seizure-free with the first drug treatment, so the choice of ...
Mula, M
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La epilepsia es una condición neurológica que afecta a millones de personas en el mundo. Los estudios sobre frecuencia de epilepsia en Venezuela y en Latinoamérica son escasos, y se basan en clasificaciones desactualizadas.
Juan Jerez +1 more
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Network perspectives on epilepsy using EEG/MEG source connectivity [PDF]
The evolution of EEG/MEG source connectivity is both, a promising, and controversial advance in the characterization of epileptic brain activity. In this narrative review we elucidate the potential of this technology to provide an intuitive view of the ...
Focke, Niels K. +3 more
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Vigabatrín en el tratamiento de epilepsia causada por trastornos del desarrollo cortical
Introducción. Se presenta una serie de pacientes que recibieron vigabatrín como tratamiento farmacológico para manejo de epilepsia causada por trastornos del desarrollo cortical. Objetivos.
Angélica María Uscátegui Daccarett. +4 more
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Long-term effect of antiepileptic drug switch on serum lipids and C-reactive protein. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Prior studies have shown that switching patients from inducing antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) to lamotrigine, levetiracetam, or topiramate reduces serum lipids and C-reactive protein (CRP). These studies were all of short duration, and some drugs,
Chervoneva, Inna +6 more
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Introducción: No existe un mecanismo plausible del trastorno del espectro autista (TEA) como causa de epilepsia, sin embargo, su coocurrencia es seguramente el resultado de factores predisponentes para ambas condiciones, incluyendo factores genéticos y ...
Nicolay Astudillo Mariño +2 more
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White Matter Abnormalities in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Genetic Generalized Epilepsies. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Genetic generalized epilepsies (GGEs) are associated with microstructural brain abnormalities that can be evaluated with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Available studies on GGEs have conflicting results.
Allendorfer, Jane B +7 more
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Deep brain and cortical stimulation for epilepsy [PDF]
Background : Despite optimal medical treatment, including epilepsy surgery, many epilepsy patients have uncontrolled seizures. In the last decades, interest has grown in invasive intracranial neurostimulation as a treatment for these patients ...
Anderson +63 more
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Individualização do tratamento com topiramato em pacientes infantis com epilepsia focal
O topiramato é um medicamento antiepilético utilizado em crises de epilepsia parciais em adultos e crianças, atuando no sistema nervoso central (SNC) e trazendo equilíbrio às células neurológicas. O estudo tem aplicação em pacientes infantis, em que são demonstrados os efeitos benéficos da individualização, principalmente por se tratar de um fraco ...
Isabelle Fernandes Inocencio +5 more
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EEG–fMRI mapping of asymmetrical delta activity in a patient with refractory epilepsy is concordant with the epileptogenic region determined by intracranial EEG [PDF]
We studied a patient with refractory focal epilepsy using continuous EEG-correlated fMRI. Seizures were characterized by head turning to the left and clonic jerking of the left arm, suggesting a right frontal epileptogenic region.
Duncan, J.S. +6 more
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