New Treatments for Childhood Epilepsy Show Promise
Recent research has focused on improving the treatment of seizures in children with epilepsy, a condition that affects many young people in different ways.
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.
Recent research has focused on improving the treatment of seizures in children with epilepsy, a condition that affects many young people in different ways.
Researchers studied how a special type of MRI, called ultra-high field 7T MRI, can improve the way doctors look at and understand epilepsy in children.
This study looked at how effective vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is for people with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) and what factors might predict a positive response to this treatment.
A study was conducted to compare two medications used to treat seizures: levetiracetam (LEV) and brivaracetam (BRV).
A study was conducted to evaluate the outcomes of a surgical procedure called hemispherotomy in 23 children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) in Panama.
This study looked at how different antiseizure medications (ASMs) affect cholesterol levels and weight in people with epilepsy.
Researchers studied a type of epilepsy called self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS) in 192 children.
Researchers studied the impact of epilepsy on adolescents and young adults from 1990 to 2021 across different countries and regions.
This study looked at the long-term results of a treatment called stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation (SRT) for patients with hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs), which are brain growths that can cause difficult-to-control seizures.