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“Familial” Epilepsy and “Tumoral” Epilepsy

Epilepsia, 1969
SUMMARYThis paper reports on a 17‐year‐old patient whose family included several members showing convulsive symptoms. The case involved the early occurrence of epilepsy, manifestly correlated with a slow‐growing tumour (astrocytoma) in the right temporal region.
J. Bancaud, C. Sallou
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Epilepsy

2020
Epilepsy is considered a disease characterized by an underlying predisposition to seizures as well as neurobiologic, cognitive, psychologic, and social consequences. It is the most frequent chronic neurologic condition of childhood, affecting 0.5%-1% of children worldwide. It comprises a variety of disorders with many different etiologies, consequently
Filipa, Bastos, J Helen, Cross
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Sleep and epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology, 2000
AbstractThe neurophysiology of the brain is complicated and nuanced. It is responsible for the normal sleep/wake states that every person experiences, and for the changes in brain neurophysiology that result in epileptic seizures and in disorders of sleep. It is therefore not surprising that sleep, sleep disorders, and epilepsy interact on many levels.
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Epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology, 2004
The purpose of this review is to consider the current and potential role of neuroimaging from an epilepsy perspective, and to illustrate that by combining appropriate imaging techniques, neuroimaging can contribute greatly to elucidating the basic mechanisms of the various forms of epileptic disorders.New magnetic resonance imaging sequences ...
Matthias J, Koepp, John S, Duncan
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Epilepsy

Disease-a-Month, 1987
"Epilepsy" describes a heterogenous group of disorders bound together by their tendency to produce seizures. Recent advances in the basic neurosciences provide new insights into the pathophysiology and treatment of seizures. In the last decade, revisions of the classification schemata have led to improvements in the recognition of seizure types and of ...
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The epilepsies

2008
Abstract Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological problems, affecting an estimated 50 million people worldwide. It is defined as a predisposition to recurrent unprovoked epileptic seizures, which are the clinical manifestations of transient abnormalities of neuronal activity in the cerebral cortex.
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Epilepsy

New England Journal of Medicine, 1954
D T, DAVIDSON, C, LOMBROSO
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EPILEPSY

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1947
W G, LENNOX, J P, DAVIS
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Is it epilepsy?

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2007
Detainees in police stations frequently claim to suffer from epilepsy. The diagnosis of epilepsy is not always straight forward and a misdiagnosis can be easily made, even by specialists. The case of a detained person claiming to suffer from epilepsy is described. The differential diagnosis and management is discussed with particular attention given to
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Epilepsy in the Elderly

Epilepsia, 2001
Summary:  The elderly are the most rapidly growing segment of the population and the incidence of epilepsy is higher in the elderly than in any other age group. They have been subdivided into the “young old,” 65–74 years, “middle old” 75–84 years, and the “old old,” 85 years or older.
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