Epilepsy & Seizures
Conference Coverage
Personalizing Treatment May Improve Outcomes for Patients With Epilepsy
News
For successful inpatient video EEG monitoring, timing is everything
Major finding: Video EEGs were more often successful if the last suspicious event occurred within 24 hours of admission (72%) and if they had...
Video
Jack Pellock, MD
At the 41st Annual Meeting of the Southern Clinical Neurological Society, Jack Pellock, MD, Described New Trends in the Treatment of Pediatric...
News
Hyperventilation during EEG for suspected epilepsy poses little risk
Major finding: Hyperventilation made or strengthened the diagnosis of epilepsy in 387 (12.2%) suspected epilepsy cases and induced just one...
News
New autoimmune encephalitis with refractory seizures identified
Major finding: A newly recognized form of autoimmune encephalitis is characterized by high serum and CSF titers of GABAAR antibodies; the rapid...
Literature Review
Accurate Localization of the Seizure Onset Zone by Electric Source Imaging May Correlate With Favorable Outcome in Resective Surgery
Literature Review
Prenatal Exposure to Antiepileptic Drugs May Be Associated With a Higher Risk of Impaired Fine Motor Skills in 6-month-olds—But Not Because of Breastfeeding
Literature Review
A Significant Proportion of Patients With Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy May Be Able to Remain Seizure-Free
News
Memory fares better with laser ablation for epilepsy than with surgery
Major finding: After undergoing stereotactic laser ablation, 1 in 7 patients had significant drop in one of two memory tasks, compared with 9 of...