Epilepsy & Seizures
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Task force identifies minimum requirements to diagnose psychogenic seizures
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Immunotherapy showed promise in predicting autoimmune-related epilepsy
Major finding: After 6-12 weeks of immunotherapy, 62% of patients (n = 18) with antiepileptic drug refractory seizures showed improvement.Data...
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Fine-Tuning the Ketogenic Diet May Benefit Children With Epilepsy
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Funding for epilepsy research lags behind Alzheimer’s, autism
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Features of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome of unknown cause described in large study
Major finding: Overall, 33 patients (24%) had mild developmental delay before onset of seizures, while 80 (59%) had normal development.Data source...
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Now open: 146 epilepsy clinical trials
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NINDS seeks comment on draft epilepsy research agenda
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Study explores markers for risk of sudden death in epilepsy
Major finding: After one or more seizures, 13 of 22 adults had postictal generalized EEG suppression, compared with only 1 of 26 children.Data...
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Study finds brivaracetam well tolerated but with unclear efficacy
Major finding: The median percent reduction in baseline-adjusted seizure frequency per week was 26.9% for brivaracetam, compared with 18.9% for...
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Measles vaccination at 12-15 months = lower seizure risk
Major finding: The relative risk of vaccine-associated seizures was significantly greater (RR, 6.5) among children immunized at 16-23 months of...