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Precision therapies for genetic epilepsies in 2025: Promises and pitfalls
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract By targeting the underlying etiology, precision therapies offer an exciting paradigm shift to improve the stagnant outcomes of drug‐resistant epilepsies, including developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Unlike conventional antiseizure medications (ASMs) which only treat the symptoms (seizures) but have no effect on the underlying ...
Shuyu Wang +3 more
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Catatonia in Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: A Rare and Overlooked Presentation
Taiwanese Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by measles virus. The clinical course is usually characterized by progressive cognitive decline and behavior changes followed by focal or ...
Khushboo Taparia +2 more
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Absence seizures: Update on signaling mechanisms and networks
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Absence seizures (AS) are a hallmark of genetic generalized epilepsies (GGE), characterized by brief episodes of impaired consciousness accompanied by electroencephalographic spike‐and‐wave discharges (SWDs). Traditionally attributed to cortico‐thalamo‐cortical (CTC) dysrhythmia, emerging evidence suggests a more intricate pathophysiological ...
Ozlem Akman, Filiz Onat
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Late-onset myoclonic epilepsy in Down’s syndrome (LOMEDS) [PDF]
, 2001 The aim of this paper is to report a patient with late-onset myoclonic epilepsy in Down’s syndrome (LOMEDS) as a differential diagnosis of adult-onset progressive myoclonic epilepsies.
Rosenow, F. +3 more
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A Case with Mega Cisterna Magna Renal and Ear Anomalies: Is This a New Syndrome?
Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 Background. Extrarenal pathologies may be associated with renal position and fusion anomalies. According to the literature, our patient is the first horseshoe kidney case that had mega cisterna magna, arachnodactyly, and mild mental retardation.
Çapan Konca +2 more
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Medication error: Subarachnoid injection of tranexamic acid
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2012 Some factors have been identified as contributing to medical errors, such as labels, appearance and location of ampoules. We present a case of accidental injection of tranexamic acid instead of Bupivacaine during spinal anaesthesia.
Bina P Butala +3 more
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Rest‐activity patterns across development in two mouse models of autism and epilepsy
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Sleep disturbances are common in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and epilepsy and are increasingly recognized as comorbidities that affect disease severity and quality of life. This study investigated rest‐activity patterns across development in two genetic mouse models relevant to ASD and epilepsy: synapsin 2 (Syn2 ...
Ipsa Dash +4 more
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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: a study in Sri Lanka [PDF]
, 2000 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) has a distinct clinical profile. Often JME is not recognized, with the result that proper treatment is not instituted, leading to poor control of seizures. This study is an attempt to identify the factors that contribute
S.L. Seneviratne +3 more
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Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1993 The clinical and EEG features and reasons for frequent misdiagnosis of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy are reviewed by the Epilepsy Research Group, Institute of Neurology, National Hospital, and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, England.
J Gordon Millichap
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