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.
Researchers combined results from 19 studies involving 149 children with drug-resistant epilepsy who received deep brain stimulation (DBS).
This systematic review examined relationships between sleep and thinking and memory in adults with epilepsy.
Researchers systematically reviewed 13 studies published from 1993 to 2024 about voice outcomes in people with epilepsy who had implanted vagus nerve stimulation (VNS).
Researchers reviewed records from 27 children with epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia who were followed between April 2020 and March 2026.
This systematic review examined how often neurocysticercosis was found among people with epileptic seizures from 1990 through May 2023.
Researchers systematically reviewed clinical practice guidelines for women with epilepsy published in English or Korean from January 2014 through December 2024.
Researchers reviewed records from 164 infants with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome who achieved an electroclinical response within 30 days of starting vigabatrin, either alone or with hormonal treatment, and remained in remission for at least 30 days.
Researchers combined results from 12 citations on brivaracetam use in children and adolescents age 18 or younger with epilepsy.
This multicenter retrospective study reviewed clinical records from 61 people with genetically confirmed Dravet syndrome.