KCNQ2 Encephalopathy Showing a Distinct Ictal Amplitude-Integrated Electroencephalographic Pattern [PDF]
KCNQ2 mutations induce a neonatal-onset epileptic encephalopathy of widely varying severity, ranging from benign familial neonatal epilepsy to severe refractory epileptic encephalopathy.
Naeun Kwak+5 more
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Intracranial hemorrhage induced uncontrolled seizure in a deceased donor liver transplant patient: a case report [PDF]
Seizure is the second most common neurologic complication after liver transplantation and may be caused by metabolic abnormalities, electrolyte imbalance, infection, and immunosuppressant toxicity.
Seung-Young Oh+3 more
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National illegal wildlife trafficking of threatened species: a descriptive study in Manabí (Ecuador)
Illegal wildlife trafficking has negative effects on biodiversity conservation at both global and local scale. Therefore, the establishment of appropriate conservation measures requires local studies that quantify this problem. The objective of this work
Sofía Crespo-Gascón+2 more
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Rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury due to suicide attempt with tramadol: A rare case report
Although acute kidney injury (AKI) is a very rare complication of tramadol (TR) poisoning, overdose use in recent years should be considered. We present a 21‐year‐old man with metabolic acidosis, seizures, elevated serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK ...
Farhad Gholami+4 more
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Transfer Learning of Deep Spatiotemporal Networks to Model Arbitrarily Long Videos of Seizures [PDF]
Detailed analysis of seizure semiology, the symptoms and signs which occur during a seizure, is critical for management of epilepsy patients. Inter-rater reliability using qualitative visual analysis is often poor for semiological features. Therefore, automatic and quantitative analysis of video-recorded seizures is needed for objective assessment ...
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Background Although the presence of seizures in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin (MUO) has been associated with shorter survival times, data regarding the prevalence and risk factors for postencephalitic epilepsy (PEE) is lacking ...
Adriana Kaczmarska+6 more
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Acute Myelitis, Recurrent Optic Neuritis, and Seizures Over 17 Years
Recent discovery of several autoantibodies, such as aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies (AQP4-IgG), myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein immunoglobulin G antibodies (MOG-IgG) and glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoglobulin G antibodies (GFAP-IgG ...
Chen Zhao+6 more
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Hemimegalencephaly: A rare congenital malformation of cortical development
Hemimegalencephaly is a rare congenital malformation of cortical development usually associated with developmental delay and refractory epilepsy that sooner or later require hemispherectomy.
Vikash Jaiswal+6 more
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Epileptic Phenotypes Associated With SNAREs and Related Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis Machinery
SNAREs (soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) are an heterogeneous family of proteins that, together with their key regulators, are implicated in synaptic vesicle exocytosis and synaptic transmission. SNAREs represent the
Elisa Cali+3 more
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Temporal lobe hypogenesis associated with arachnoid cyst in patients with epilepsy [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of temporal lobe hypogenesis (TLH) associated with arachnoid cysts (AC) in patients with epilepsy. METHOD: We retrospectively revised 655 consecutive MRI scans from patients followed in our epilepsy clinic.
Eliane Kobayashi+3 more
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