Epilepsy & Seizures
Conference Coverage
ECT breaks super-refractory status epilepticus
BANGKOK – Researcher calls ECT safe and efficacious adjunctive therapy in adults with super-refractory status epilepticus of the NORSE subtype.
Conference Coverage
Mortality is high in pediatric superrefractory status epilepticus
BANGKOK – Fulminant cerebral edema was the leading cause of death.
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Neonatal epileptic syndromes are surprisingly common
BANGKOK – Nearly one in six severe epilepsies of infancy identified in a major study involved one of the neonatal or early infantile syndromes.
Conference Coverage
Epilepsy surgery outcome prediction seeks to gain ground
BANGKOK – It’s time for the prediction of seizure outcomes after epilepsy surgery to step into the 21st century.
Conference Coverage
Antiepileptic drug outcomes have remained flat for 3 decades
BANGKOK – “We don’t treat the whale; we treat the spout.” – Dr. Martin J. Brodie
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Liberalized low–glycemic-index diet effective for seizure reduction
BANGKOK – A less stringent version of the standard low–glycemic-index diet proved effective in reducing seizure frequency in children and teens...
Conference Coverage
Statins crush early seizure risk poststroke
BANGKOK – Statin initiation upon hospitalization for acute ischemic stroke was linked to a major antiseizure benefit in a Japanese study.
Conference Coverage
Noninvasive EEG may speed diagnosis of West syndrome
BANGKOK – High-frequency oscillations are considered a top candidate as long-sought potential biomarker for epilepsy.
Conference Coverage
Cutaneous reaction to AEDs? Think autoimmune epilepsy
BANGKOK – Four of five neuronal autoantibody-positive chronic epilepsy patients had skin reactions to their antiepileptic drugs.
Conference Coverage
Alzheimer’s disease raises risk for recurrent seizures
LOS ANGELES – In one cohort study, nearly 70% of Alzheimer’s disease patients who had one seizure had another within months, and seizures were...
Literature Review
Patients with focal epilepsy have progressive cortical thinning
The findings appear to support the need for developing disease-modifying treatments for patients with epilepsy.