CACNA1A Mutations Associated With Epilepsies and Their Molecular Sub-Regional Implications
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 PurposePreviously, mutations in the voltage-gated calcium channel subunit alpha1 A (CACNA1A) gene have been reported to be associated with paroxysmal disorders, typically as episodic ataxia type 2.
Xue-Lian Li +17 more
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An estimate of the prevalence of epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa:A systematic analysis [PDF]
, 2012 Epilepsy is a leading serious neurological condition worldwide and has particularly significant physical, economic and social consequences in Sub–Saharan Africa.
Adeloye, Davies +5 more
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A study on interictal depressive symptoms and laterality in temporal lobe and generalized epilepsies
Annals of Indian Psychiatry, 2017 Background: Mood disorders like inter-ictal depressive symptoms and inter-ictal major depressive episodes are the most frequent psychiatric co-morbidity seen in temporal lobe epilepsies with left hippocampal sclerosis than generalized epilepsies. Despite
Neena S Sawant, Biswarup M Ghosh
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Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum and a sudden antiepileptic drugs withdrawal: A case with focal epilepsy in presurgical evaluation [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2010 Introduction. A sudden withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs gives higher rate of epileptic seizures in the settings of video electroencephalography (vEEG), monitoring that is a subject to further registration and analysis.
Ristić Aleksandar +7 more
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The "plus" side of epilepsy phenotyping [PDF]
, 2017 No abstract ...
Striano, Pasquale, Zuberi, Sameer M.
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Cessation of еpileptic seizures series using peroral valproate in an adult patient with partial epilepsy [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2007 Introduction. Golden rule for the initiation of antiepileptic therapy in the majority of epileptic syndromes is "start low and go slow", a principle after the second unprovoked seizure. There are certain clinical situations however when fast titration of
Spasić Mirjana, Lukić Stevo
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Historical Risk Factors Associated with Seizure Outcome After Surgery for Drug-Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible influence of risk factors on seizure outcome after surgery for drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS).
Asadi-Pooya, Ali Akbar +3 more
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Current clinical evidence on topiramate pharmacokinetics [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2009 Topiramate is biochemically classified as a fructopyranose sulphamate. Discovered as early as 1979, during middle 1980's it was approved in many countries for the treatment of epilepsies and migraine prevention.
Jakovljević Mihajlo +4 more
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Common genetic variation and susceptibility to partial epilepsies: a genome-wide association study [PDF]
, 2017 Partial epilepsies have a substantial heritability. However, the actual genetic causes are largely unknown. In contrast to many other common diseases for which genetic association-studies have successfully revealed common variants associated with disease
Alhusaini, Saud +44 more
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Orbitofrontal epilepsy: Electroclinical analysis of surgical cases and literature review [PDF]
, 2004 Clinical and electrographic data were reviewed on 2 of our patients with orbitofrontal epilepsy who were seizure free at 5-year follow-up, and on 2 similar patients from the literature.
King, Don W. +4 more
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