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Background: In etiology of epilepsy, different factors have role and one of them is genetics. This study aimed to investigate the differences between generalized and partial epilepsy based on the family history.
Mohammad Reza Najafi +3 more
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Association of Family History of Epilepsy with Earlier Age Onset of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy. [PDF]
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is supposedly the most frequent subtype of idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of JME and comparison of patients' demographics as well as timeline of the disease between positive family history epileptic patients (PFHE) and negative family history epileptic ...
Najafi MR, Najafi MA, Safaei A.
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AbstractFamilial adult myoclonus epilepsy/benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy (FAME/BAFME) has emerged as a specific and recognizable epilepsy syndrome with autosomal dominant inheritance found around the world. Here, we trace the history of this syndrome.
Samuel F. Berkovic +2 more
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Accuracy of family history information on epilepsy and other seizure disorders [PDF]
In epilepsy as in other disorders, family history information is often obtained by asking patients about the medical histories of their relatives rather than interviewing or examining the relatives directly. The accuracy of this type of information for epilepsy and other seizure disorders is unclear.This study used data from the Genetic Epidemiology of
R, Ottman +5 more
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PROFILE OF HISTORY OF FEBRILE SEIZURE IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY
Background: Febrile seizure is convulsions with fever (temperature ³38°C) with no central nervous system infection that commonly found in children (6-60 months). Febrile seizures do not always mean the child has epilepsy.
Rayhan Muhammad Basyarahil +2 more
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Reflex Epilepsy in Children: Clinical, Electroencephalographic and Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings [PDF]
Background: Reflex epilepsy is an epileptic event precipitated by external stimuli such as flashes of light or internal mental process like thinking or calculation and/or associated with photo-paroxysmal response on electroencephalogram [EEG].The Aim of ...
Abdeltief Abdeltief +2 more
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Risk factors for transition of febrile convulsions to epilepsy
Object: to assess a relationship between febrile convulsions (FC) and epilepsy. Patients and methods. The role of perinatal hereditary diseases, a family history of FC and epilepsy, as well as clinical findings and the results of supplementary studies ...
A. F. Dolinina +2 more
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ObjectiveTo study the worldwide prevalence and associated factors of epilepsy in children and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and to analyze the differences between various subgroups.MethodWe identified all potential studies on the prevalence of ...
Chao Gong +13 more
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Long-term Risk of Epilepsy in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Survivors With Positive Family History
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a devastating form of stroke affecting the working-age population, where epilepsy is a common complication and major prognostic factor for increased morbidity in aSAH survivors. The objective of this analysis was to assess whether epilepsy in first-degree relatives is a risk of developing epilepsy after aSAH.
Juho Tapio Paavola +10 more
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Objectives:The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors for epilepsy development following febrile seizure (FS).Methods:This study included 449 patients undergoing first FS between 2014 and 2017.
Fatma HANCI +3 more
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