Steroids in childhood epilepsy
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2006 Treatment of epileptic encephalopathies can be very challenging as most anticonvulsant drugs fail to achieve good seizure control. Steroids are disease modifying as well as anticonvulsant in these conditions.
Ramachandrannair Rajesh
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Case Report: Subtotal Hemispherotomy Modulates the Epileptic Spasms in Aicardi Syndrome [PDF]
, 2021 Yasushi Iimura +6 more
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Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Classifying abnormal tongue movements is challenging due to their varied presentations and limited visibility compared to other body parts. Accurate identification of the phenomenology guides physical examination and can point to specific diagnoses.
Nathaniel Bendahan +4 more
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Identification of adrenocorticotropic hormone–specific therapeutic biomarkers in infantile epileptic spasm syndrome using data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry [PDF]
Dongfang Zou +8 more
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone is a rapid and potent convulsant in the infant rat. [PDF]
, 1991 Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) administered into the cerebral ventricles of rats during the first postnatal week caused a specific and stereotyped behavior sequence: rhythmic chewing and licking (jaw myoclonus) were followed by 'limbic'-type ...
Baram, TZ, Schultz, L
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Rare but Relevant? Assessing Variants in Dystonia‐Linked Genes in Parkinson's Disease
Movement Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract Background Dystonia and Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibit clinical and genetic overlap, but the relevance of dystonia gene variants in PD remains unclear. Objective The aim was to assess the frequency of dystonia‐linked pathogenic variants in PD.
Lara M. Lange +37 more
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Efficacy and safety of corticosteroids and ACTH in epileptic syndromes beyond Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS): A systematic review and meta‐analysis [PDF]
Rudolf Korinthenberg +5 more
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An Epilepsy-Associated Mutation of Salt-Inducible Kinase 1 Increases the Susceptibility to Epileptic Seizures and Interferes with Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Therapy for Infantile Spasms in Mice [PDF]
, 2022 Bo Pang +8 more
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Movement Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract Background Friedreich's ataxia is a rare, neurodegenerative, multisystem disorder. While ataxia is a hallmark, non‐ataxia signs, including muscle weakness, spasticity, and dysphagia are equally disabling. The Inventory of Non‐Ataxia Signs (INAS) is a symptom list transformable to a 16‐item count.
Stella Andrea Lischewski +23 more
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Current trends in the treatment of infantile spasms
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2009 Chang-Yong TsaoClinical Pediatrics and Neurology, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USAAbstract: Infantile spasms are an epilepsy syndrome with distinctive features, including age onset during infancy, characteristic ...
Chang-Yong Tsao
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