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Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt: A Community-based Study [PDF]

The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal, 2022
Background Epilepsy is a major public health problem affecting nearly 70 million people worldwide. There is a lack of data about the prevalence of epilepsy in Fayoum, Egypt.
Safaa Hassan, Sharbat Thabet, Hala Shaheen, wafaa Abdel-Whahed   +3 more
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Cohort study of epileptic patients with family history of epilepsy

Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния, 2023
Background. An impact of burdened family history on epilepsy course and disease outcome remains insufficiently studied.Objective: assessing the rate of achieving remission in epileptic patients with/without burdened family history.Material and methods ...
A. S. Kotov, K. V. Firsov
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Post-Surgical Outcome and Its Determining Factors in Patients Operated on With Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type II—A Retrospective Monocenter Study

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Purpose: Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are a frequent cause of drug-resistant focal epilepsies. These lesions are in many cases amenable to epilepsy surgery.
Attila Rácz, Albert J. Becker, Carlos M. Quesada, Valeri Borger, Hartmut Vatter, Rainer Surges, Christian E. Elger   +6 more
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Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in patients with cerebral palsy in a tertiary center. METHODS: a total of 100 consecutive patients with cerebral palsy were retrospectively studied.
Isac Bruck, Sérgio Antônio Antoniuk, Adriane Spessatto, Ricardo Schmitt de Bem, Romeu Hausberger, Carlos Gustavo Pacheco   +5 more
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CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE AS RISK FACTOR FOR IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY (IGE)

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To determine the significance of parental consanguinity as a risk factor for idiopathic generalized epilepsies. Study Design: Case control study.
Shumaila Rafique, Tipu Sultan, Shabir Ahmed   +2 more
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Individual vulnerabilities to psychosis after antiepileptic drug administration

BMJ Neurology Open, 2020
Background Psychosis often develops after the administration of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in patients with epilepsy. However, the individual vulnerability and clinical condition of such patients have been rarely scrutinised.
Masaaki Kato, Nozomi Akanuma, Naoto Adachi, Peter Fenwick, Masumi Ito, Mitsutoshi Okazaki, Koichiro Hara, Ryouhei Ishii, Masanori Sekimoto, Teiichi Onuma   +9 more
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Quality of Life in Children with Epilepsy in Wah Cantt, Pakistan: A Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2020
Objective: To assess the Quality Of Life (QOL) in children with epilepsy using modified QOLCE-55 questionnaire. Material and Methods: We consecutively enrolled children aged 4 to 16 years who were under treatment for childhood epilepsy.
Shahzad Haider, Tahir Mahmood, Sajjad Hussain, Sajid Nazir, Sidra Shafiq, Alina Hassan   +5 more
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A natural marmoset model of genetic generalized epilepsy

Molecular Brain, 2022
Epilepsy has been extensively studied as a common neurological disease. Efforts have been made on rodent and other animal models to reveal the pathogenic mechanisms of epilepsy and develop new drugs for treatment.
Xiangyu Yang, Zhitang Chen, Ziying Wang, Guang He, Zhiqiang Li, Yongyong Shi, Neng Gong, Binglei Zhao, Yifang Kuang, Eiki Takahashi, Weidong Li   +10 more
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Development of a Risk Predictive Scoring System for Epilepsy in Infants with Paroxysmal Motor Events: A Retrospective Single-Center Study [PDF]

Annals of Child Neurology, 2022
Purpose Paroxysmal motor events are common clinical symptoms in infants visiting pediatric neurology clinics. Due to the heterogeneous clinical symptoms and the difficulty of interpreting electroencephalography (EEG) in infants, differentiating ...
Han Jun Kim, Han Na Jang, Hyunji Ahn, Mi-Sun Yum, Tae-Sung Ko   +4 more
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Magnitude of Cognitive Impairment Among Patients With Epilepsy at Health Institutions in Gurage Zone, Ethiopia

SAGE Open Nursing, 2023
Introduction Epilepsy is a widespread neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures; it contributes to 1% of the global burden of diseases and can end in cognitive impairment.
Deribachew Hailemariam Wazema BSc, MSc, Zebene Makonnen Assefa BSc, MSc, Bisrat Zeleke Shiferaw BSc, MSc, Omega Tolessa Geleta BSc, MSc, Tariku Gebre Haile BSc, MSc   +4 more
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