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What causes breakthrough seizures?There are a number of potential causes of the unexpected occurrence of a breakthrough seizure. One important factor...
First Seizure and New Onset EpilepsyWhen a patient has suffered the first epileptic seizure, a decision whether to treat or not is based on the risk...
Epilepsy and Depression – A Bi-directional RelationshipAssessing the prevalence of depression from selected clinical samples of patients with...
Seizures can be classified as those of early and those of late onset in a paradigm comparable to post-traumatic epilepsy, with an arbitrary dividing...
It has long been recognized that seizures will be or will become refractory to pharmacotherapy in more than 30% of patients, and that localized...
Epilepsy is a disorder characterized by the occurrence of two or more seizures, and it affects more than 3 million Americans. "About 10 percent...
NFLE is characterised by onset during infancy or childhood with persistence in adulthood, family history of similar NFL seizures and nocturnal...
Realtime automated seizure detection, the obligatory condition for implementation of contingent warning and therapies, has been attempted with...
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, affecting 1–2% of the population worldwide, and is characterised by recurrent spontaneous seizures....
Epilepsy affects about 1% of the human population at some point during their life. The causes of human epilepsies are diverse, ranging from defects...
Only in a few situations is the best choice not to start treatment. For instance, in benign rolandic epilepsy with only nightly, partial seizures...
Following the first encouraging human trials in 1988, 1,2 several controlled studies have demonstrated the antiepileptic efficacy of adjunctive vagus...
How has the KD changed from an unproven, ‘alternative’ epilepsy treatment to an established, non-pharmacological medical therapy over the...
Mechanism of Action of Topiramate Although the exact mechanism of action of TPM remains unknown, multiple mechanisms have been hypothesised based on...
