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.
This study looked at polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumor of the young (PLNTY), a recently recognized brain tumor type linked with epilepsy.
This study built a real-world database of 167 people with epilepsy and examined how often genetic testing identified a diagnosis.
This paper is a case report.
This study combined results from 12 earlier studies to estimate how common drug-resistant epilepsy is in low- and middle-income countries.
This paper was a review of published literature on interictal psychosis in people with epilepsy, with eligible articles sorted into case reports and non-case reports.
This study was a systematic review and meta-analysis.
This study looked at 31 children seen at one tertiary referral center in Kazakhstan for epilepsy or epilepsy-associated neurodevelopmental disorders who were found to have genetic findings considered clinically relevant or potentially relevant.
This study looked at whether epilepsy in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was associated with results from neurologic evaluations, including EEG, brain imaging, genetic testing, and developmental assessments.
This case-control study looked at whether a brain-related immune area near the skull shows signs of activation in children with focal lesional epilepsy.