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Treatment of Focal-Onset Seizures in Children: Should This Be More Etiology-Driven? [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
To accelerate the process of licensing antiseizure medication (ASM) in children, extrapolation of efficacy data for focal-onset seizures from adults to children ≥2 or ≥4 years of age is now accepted.
Alec Aeby, Berten Ceulemans, Lieven Lagae   +2 more
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Behavioral presentations of focal onset seizures: A case series

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2021
Seizures can have varied presentations and may have different etiological factors. A multidisciplinary approach should be used to treat them. It becomes difficult to diagnose seizures if they have an atypical presentation, particularly so when they ...
Gaurav Maggu, Sana Dhamija, Suprakash Chaudhury, Shalesh Rohatgi, Daniel Saldanha, Shobhit Jain   +5 more
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Brivaracetam: a novel antiepileptic drug for focal-onset seizures [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2018
Brivaracetam (BRV), the n -propyl analogue of levetiracetam (LEV), is the latest antiepileptic drug (AED) to be licensed in Europe and the USA for the adjunctive treatment of focal-onset seizures with or without secondary generalization in patients aged ...
Linda J. Stephen, Martin J. Brodie
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Clinical and etiological profile of new-onset seizures in adult patients: A cross-sectional study

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: In terms of the severity of the disease, the nature of the sickness, and its effects on the individual, the family, and the community, seizure disorder is a significant public health concern.
Sivakumaran K , Jacinth Preethi J , Sinrasu P , Manikandan V   +3 more
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Temporal Onset Focal Seizures Induced by Intermittent Photic Stimulation

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
The study aimed to review the clinical, radiological, and pathological findings and electroencephalogram (EEG) of pediatric epilepsy patients with temporal onset focal seizures induced by intermittent photic stimulation (IPS). Four patients with temporal
Yue Niu, Pan Gong, Xianru Jiao, Haipo Yang, Zhixian Yang   +4 more
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Genetic generalized epilepsy and generalized onset seizures with focal evolution (GOFE)

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2022
“Generalized Onset with Focal Evolution” (GOFE) is an underrecognized seizure type defined by an evolution from generalized onset to focal activity during the same ictal event. We aimed to discuss electroclinical aspects of GOFE and to emphasize its link
Florian Lamy, Maria-Paola Valenti-Hirsch, Lucas Gauer, Bénédicte Gérard, Mohamed Obeid, Anne de Saint-Martin, Vera Dinkelacker, Sarah Baer, Edouard Hirsch   +8 more
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Epilepsy Classification (ILAE Classification 2017) in Resource-limited Countries: A Cross-sectional Study on Epilepsy in Pediatric Patients from Sudan

Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: The objective of this study is to utilize the ILAE 2017 to classify epilepsy patients and determine its applicability in Sudan. Methods: This study is a prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional research conducted in two pediatric epilepsy ...
Hajatmena A M Alkhedir, Abubaker A MohamedSharif, Isra Bdraldein Salih Mohammed, Inaam N Mohamed   +3 more
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A presumed case of new-onset focal seizures as a delayed complication of COVID-19 infection

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2021
Previously seizures have been reported as presenting neurological manifestation with COVID-19 infection. There is a growing literature on the delayed neurologic effects of COVID-19 infection.
Sihyeong Park, Haroon Majoka, Ajaz Sheikh, Imran Ali   +3 more
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Case Report: Late-Onset Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Treated With Stereotactic Electroencephalography-Guided Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation Before Craniotomy

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
The onset of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), a severe epilepsy syndrome, is typically before 8 years of age. Late-onset LGS (with onset in adolescence and adulthood) is relatively rare clinically and has some differences from classical LGS.
Sixian Li, Xiaodong Cai, Chen Yao, Yuanqing Wang, Xiaohua Xiao, Huafeng Yang, Yi Yao, Lei Chen   +7 more
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Different pharmacoresistance of focal epileptic spasms, generalized epileptic spasms, and generalized epileptic spasms combined with focal seizures

Epilepsia Open, 2022
Objective Among standard treatments for infantile spasms, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is reported as the best treatment, but ACTH is ineffective in one‐half of the patients.
Yukitoshi Takahashi, Akiko Ota, Jun Tohyama, Tomoko Kirino, Yumi Fujiwara, Chizuru Ikeda, Shigeki Tanaka, Jyunya Takahashi, Toshihiko Shinoki, Hiroshi Shiraga, Takushi Inoue, Hiroshi Fujita, Motoki Bonno, Masayoshi Nagao, Hideo Kaneko   +14 more
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