Genetics
Even when accounting for deletion carriers diagnosed with epilepsy, reports of seizures and seizure-like symptoms are common.
The National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) designated the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute’s Epilepsy Program at Hoag as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center, the highest level of accreditation.
Vitamin D3 in high doses was safe and well-tolerated in patients with epilepsy and never exceeded toxic levels, according to study results published in Epilepsy & Behavior.
Pediatric Epilepsy
The severity of febrile seizures following vaccination is no different to febrile seizures from another cause, such as from a virus, and the majority of seizures are short-lived, self-resolving, and don't require ongoing treatment.
Students hope their effort will someday aid patients with epilepsy which medications can’t help, but may require surgery.
A systematic review of bone fractures from generalized convulsive seizures and status epilepticus.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Absence epilepsy can be triggered by impaired communication between two brain regions: the cortex and the striatum.
Interictal dysphoric disorder (IDD) occurs in high frequency in people with epilepsy (PWE) with a substantial overlap of IDD with depressive and anxiety disorders.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Children with convulsive status epilepticus who undertook formal testing were shown to have significantly lower full-scale intelligence quotients and global memory scores from controls.
