Epilepsy & Seizures
Conference Coverage
Long-Term Perampanel Treatment Is Safe and Effective for Adolescents
LOS ANGELES—Treatment for as long as four years with adjunctive perampanel is safe and effective for adolescents with secondarily generalized...
News
FDA Updates
The FDA approved Aimovig (erenumab-aooe) for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults. Aimovig is the first FDA-approved preventive migraine...
Conference Coverage
Guidance coming for mTOR inhibitors in infantile TSC
LOS ANGELES – Survey aimed to describe the wide variation in their off-label use, particularly in infants.
Literature Review
Patients Who Die of SUDEP Largely Live Alone and Die Unwitnessed at Home
Patients whose fatality is attributed to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) largely live alone; die unwitnessed at home at night, usually...
Daily News Podcast
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From the Journals
Pediatric epilepsy may be misdiagnosed as GI disease
The patients actually had West syndrome, temporal lobe epilepsy, and Panayiotopoulos syndrome.
Literature Review
Valproate Exposure in Utero Significantly Decreases Educational Attainment in Children
In utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in combination, or sodium valproate alone, significantly decreases educational attainment in...
Literature Review
Brain Stimulation May Enhance Memory
Electrical stimulation in the lateral temporal cortex enhances verbal memory performance, according to two studies in patients with epilepsy.“...
Conference Coverage
Transient epileptic amnesia: Rare, treatable, and easy to miss
LOS ANGELES – A review of cases finds that neuroimaging with FDG-PET reveals focal abnormalities
Conference Coverage
What Are the Consequences of Changing Antiepileptic Drug Regimens as Part of Pregnancy Planning?
WASHINGTON, DC—Women with epilepsy of reproductive age have a high likelihood of successfully changing their antiepileptic drug (AED) regimen to...
Literature Review
Variants in One Gene May Account for 7% of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Cases
Rare genetic variants that affect the maturation, migration, and death of neurons appear to be responsible for about 7% of cases of juvenile...