The 3 papers included in this collection are peer-reviewed studies that systematically assessed EEGs in patients with COVID-19, as of July 26, 2020.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Children with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) can suffer from many developmental problems. New findings show a very high prevalence of epilepsy/seizures in the FASD population. Learn more.
Genetics, Pediatric Epilepsy, SUDEP
A round-up of epilepsy news from the past month.
AEDs taken during pregnancy do not increase the number of de novo variants in the baby, irrespective of whether the baby had birth defects or not.
Different laboratories may show clinically substantial conflict in some interpretations of genetic variants in patients with epilepsy, according to a study.
SUDEP
Epilepsy patients in the poorest communities are more than twice as likely to suffer sudden unexplained death due to epilepsy (SUDEP) than their counterparts at the highest end of the socioeconomic ladder.
According to Professor O’Brien, people with PNES have a similar mortality rate to those with drug-resistant epilepsy.
Older US veterans who developed unprovoked seizures of unknown etiology had double the risk of developing dementia over several years of follow-up, according to a study published online in JAMA Neurology.
Depression is common and associated with reduced quality of life (QoL) in people with epilepsy (PWE). Although multiple studies have investigated the relevant predictors, the results have been inconsistent. This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the risk factors that might increase the possibility of depression in this population.
