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The hidden burden of sleep in adolescents with idiopathic generalized epilepsy
Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract Background Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies (IGEs) are electroclinical syndromes characterized by distinct seizure types, EEG patterns, and presumed polygenic inheritance. While seizure prognosis is often favorable, sleep disturbances, behavioral and emotional difficulties, and executive function impairment are common, especially during ...
Carlo Alberto Quaranta +8 more
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Motor Co-Activation of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy in Siblings
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2014 Investigators at UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK, used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the effect of cognitive effort during a working memory task as a trigger of myoclonic jerks in 15 unaffected siblings (10 female ...
J Gordon Millichap, John J Millichap
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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 BackgroundAn increasing number of observational studies have revealed an association among the gut microbiota, gut metabolites, and epilepsy. However, this association is easily influenced by confounders such as diet, and the causality of this ...
Yuzhen Ouyang +20 more
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Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract The 15q11.2 microdeletion is a chromosomal condition associated with a broad epileptic phenotype. It is differentiated from Angelman syndrome, which is typically a larger maternal deletion in an overlapping area. We describe a patient with a 15q11.2 microdeletion that has clinical and EEG biomarker features similar to those seen in Angelman ...
Hok Leong Chin +2 more
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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: Psychiatric comorbidity and impact on outcome [PDF]
, 2013 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a well-defined age-related idiopathic epilepsy syndrome. Past studies have emphasized the difficulties in the treatment of patients with JME, which have been attributed to some specific psychiatric, psychological, and
Targas Yacubian, Elza Marcia [UNIFESP] +1 more
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Genetic analysis of human absence epilepsy [PDF]
, 2010 Idiopathic Mendelian epilepsies have been typically identified as channelopathies. Evidence suggests that mutations in genes encoding GABAA receptors, GABAB receptors or voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs) may underlie childhood absence epilepsy ...
Robinson, R.A.
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Topiramate and Valproate Compared in Treatment of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2007 A pilot, randomized, controlled trial comparing topiramate (n=19) and valproate (n=9) in adolescents/adults with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) was conducted in the Childrens Hospitals of Denver, CO, and Cincinnati, OH.
J Gordon Millichap
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Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Pooled mortality is nearly three times higher in people with epilepsy (PWE). Approximately 80% of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) events occur during sleep, and primary sleep disorders are prevalent in the general population and PWE.
Marion Lazaj +7 more
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Epidemiologia da epilepsia mioclônica juvenil: variação entre gêneros e prevavência. [PDF]
, 2007 Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Curso de Medicina.
Tensini, Fernando
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Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective This study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence and characterize the semiology of co‐occurring functional/dissociative seizures (FDSs) and identify clinical features potentially associated with the development of video‐electroencephalography (video‐EEG)‐diagnosed FDSs in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE ...
Javier Peña‐Ceballos +13 more
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