07/18/2019 /
A genetic phenomenon called double somatic mosaicism was found for a first time in a girl with Dravet syndrome, a case study reports.
07/17/2019 /
Management of status epilepticus in pregnancy is influenced by the cause of SE and duration of pregnancy. It carries a good prognosis if detected early and treated appropriately.
07/17/2019 /
A round-up of key epilepsy research news from the past month.
07/15/2019 /
Treatment with valproic acid is unavoidable in many women with epilepsy of childbearing age despite recent regulations.
07/15/2019 /
Persons with dementia are also at higher risk of having recurring seizures and of experiencing seizures for the first time at a younger age, compared to people without dementia.
07/13/2019 /
Researchers identified a set of neurons in the brain as critical targets for therapeutic intervention, utilizing a mouse model mimicking a mutation of the sodium channel gene SCN8A found in 14 individuals with epilepsy.
07/12/2019 /
The new treatment offers a new therapeutic strategy for patients whose epilepsy cannot be treated effectively by medications or resective surgery.
07/11/2019 /
In a large cohort of patients, researchers analyzed the longitudinal outcomes and predictors of seizure outcomes after frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) surgery, the second most common focal resective surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy.
07/10/2019 /
Onset in infancy and developmental delay is associated with an especially high risk, regardless of epilepsy type.
