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Insights in classification of seizures and epilepsies – review of key concepts throughout history [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2011
Since the Babylonian era up to nowadays, the large complexity of epileptic disorders made the attempt of classifying and organizing concepts one of the most challenging.
Ioana Mindruta, Alina Dimitriu, Laura Craciun   +2 more
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Surgical Treatment for mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Associated with Hippocampal Sclerosis. Our Experience.

Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2023
Introduction; Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological chronic disorders, with an estimated prevalence of 0. 5 – 1%. Partial focal epilepsy (PE) is one of the most common types of epilepsies that originates from a relatively limited number of ...
Arsen Seferi, Florian Dashi, Ejona Lilamani, Livia Seferi, Arben Rroji, Ridvan Alimehmeti   +5 more
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Lamotrigine versus levetiracetam or zonisamide for focal epilepsy and valproate versus levetiracetam for generalised and unclassified epilepsy: two SANAD II non-inferiority RCTs

Health Technology Assessment, 2021
Background: Levetiracetam (Keppra®, UCB Pharma Ltd, Slough, UK) and zonisamide (Zonegran®, Eisai Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) are licensed as monotherapy for focal epilepsy, and levetiracetam is increasingly used as a first-line treatment for generalised ...
Anthony G Marson, Girvan Burnside, Richard Appleton, Dave Smith, John Paul Leach, Graeme Sills, Catrin Tudur-Smith, Catrin O Plumpton, Dyfrig A Hughes, Paula R Williamson, Gus Baker, Silviya Balabanova, Claire Taylor, Richard Brown, Dan Hindley, Stephen Howell, Melissa Maguire, Rajiv Mohanraj, Philip EM Smith   +18 more
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2022 overview of metabolic epilepsies / [PDF]

, 2022
Understanding the genetic architecture of metabolic epilepsies is of paramount importance, both to current clinical practice and for the identification of further research directions.
Clara D. M. van Karnebeek, Ferreira, Carlos R.,, Carlos R. Ferreira, Birute Tumiene, van Karnebeek, Clara D. M.,, Tumienė, Birutė,   +5 more
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Localizing Value of Clinical Seizure Patterns

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1996
The value of ictal clinical manifestations in differentiating frontal and temporal lobe partial epilepsies was determined in a prospective study of 252 patients selected according to imaging, EEG, and focal clinical patterns from records at the National ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Genetics of the epilepsies [PDF]

, 2013
Purpose of reviewWe aim to review the most recent advances in the field of epilepsy genetics with particular focus on the progress in gene discovery in monogenic epilepsies, identification of risk genes in complex genetic epilepsies and recent findings ...
Lowenstein, Daniel H, Helbig, Ingo
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Improved diagnosis in children with partial epilepsy using a multivariable prediction model based on EEG network characteristics. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Electroencephalogram (EEG) acquisition is routinely performed to support an epileptic origin of paroxysmal events in patients referred with a possible diagnosis of epilepsy. However, in children with partial epilepsies the interictal EEGs are
Eric van Diessen, Willem M Otte, Kees P J Braun, Cornelis J Stam, Floor E Jansen   +4 more
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Frequency and Stratification of Epileptogenic Lesions in Elderly With New Onset Seizures

Frontiers in Neurology, 2018
Objective: To evaluate prospectively the frequency of epileptogenic lesions in a consecutive cohort of elderly patients presenting with new onset unprovoked seizures, and who underwent a complete evaluation including dedicated epilepsy protocol MRI ...
Maher Arabi, Maya Dirani, Roula Hourani, Wassim Nasreddine, Jaafar Wazne, Samir Atweh, Heba Samara, Abdel Rahman Shatila, Ahmad Beydoun   +8 more
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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, Xue-Lian Li, Zong-Jun Li, Xiao-Yu Liang, De-Tian Liu, Mi Jiang, Liang-Di Gao, Huan Li, Xue-Qing Tang, Yi-Wu Shi, Bing-Mei Li, Na He, Bin Li, Wen-Jun Bian, Yong-Hong Yi, Chuan-Fang Cheng, Chuan-Fang Cheng, Jie Wang   +17 more
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Seizures in Offspring of Epileptic Parents

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1989
The risks Of unprovoked seizures in the offspring of parents with generalized versus partial epilepsies among 687 patients born in Rochester, MN between 1922 and 1985 and followed for the occurrence of seizures through 1986 are reported from the Division
J Gordon Millichap
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