This hub covers pediatric epilepsy in infants, kids, and teens, including diagnosis, syndromes, development, school plans, and safety. New studies translated into clear takeaways for parents.
Usually when two appropriate medications haven’t controlled seizures.
Many families benefit and it depends on seizure frequency, medications, and learning needs.
Often yes, with smart precautions. Ask your neurologist or epileptologist about your child’s specific risks.
Clusters, prolonged seizures, breathing trouble, new weakness, or major regression.
A study was conducted to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of vigabatrin, a medication for epilepsy, in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).
Researchers studied the effects of an online sleep intervention called COSI for parents of children with epilepsy who also had sleep problems.
Researchers studied the effects of a medication called memantine on 34 individuals with specific genetic changes known as GRIN gain-of-function variants.
This study looked at a rare complication called Horner syndrome that can occur after vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) surgery, which is a treatment for epilepsy that doesn’t respond to medication.
A study was conducted on a 16-year-old patient with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), which means their seizures did not respond to standard treatments.
Researchers studied a 5-year-and-11-month-old boy who developed a severe form of epilepsy called febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) after a fever.
This study looked at how children aged 5 to 6 years who had neonatal seizures (seizures that occur in newborns due to a specific cause) develop over time.
Researchers studied four girls with cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) to understand how these brain abnormalities can lead to a specific type of seizure called epileptic spasms.
Researchers studied how drug trials for Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, are designed and who qualifies to participate in them.