Genetics, Pediatric Epilepsy
From novel genetic therapies to deepening our understanding of cognition in those with controlled epilepsy, get the latest news from the world of epilepsy research!
A new, national survey of adult epilepsy patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals (HCPs) revealed a wide range of challenges in the management of the disease, which affects more than three million adults in the United States.
In work that could someday improve treatments for epilepsy, UT Southwestern scientists have published the first three-dimensional structure of a member of a large family of human proteins that carry charged particles -- ions -- across the cell membrane.
Seizures did not predict in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients. Larger prospective studies are needed to confirm our current findings.
The multicenter cohort study included 698 patients, making it the largest study of adults with dissociative seizures to date.
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The effect may be explained by a drug-drug interaction between cannabidiol and the anti-seizure medication clobazam.
The aim of the study was to determine whether patients of these two diagnostic groups possess different personality profiles, and whether they could be used to efficiently screen for PNES in clinical settings.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital has launched an Infantile Epilepsy Center that focuses on the potentially devastating diagnosis of infantile spasms and other rare epilepsies that affect children under two-years-old.
Study reports that hemispherectomy in adults is a safe and effective procedure, with seizure freedom rates and functional outcome similar to those observed in children.