Pediatric Epilepsy
This month's round-up of epilepsy research news includes information about newly approved treatment options, a seizure prediction method, febrile seizures, and more.
This narrative review addresses key learning objectives of the ILAE curriculum by describing the demographic profile, common risk factors (such as trauma or acute stress) and comorbid disorders.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Genetic or causal? Study looks at siblings to find out
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy, adverse events and expense burden of outpatient versus remote programming for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in children with epilepsy.
Pediatric Epilepsy
These findings support the safety and efficacy of adjunctive fenfluramine as a new treatment option for these patients.
According to this register-based cross-sectional study, somatic and psychiatric comorbidities were more prevalent in people with epilepsy compared with lower levels of education and income.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Marinus intends to initiate a Phase 2, open label study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of adjunctive ganaxolone treatment in patients with seizures associated with TSC.
SK life science will launch a Phase 1 clinical trial for SKL24741 in 2020.
Computer scientists from Duke University and Harvard University have joined with physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Wisconsin to develop a machine learning model that can predict which patients are most at risk of having destructive seizures after suffering a stroke or other brain injury.
