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 focused on developing a set of common data elements (CDEs) specifically for children with epilepsy in Korea.
This study looked at how convulsive status epilepticus (CSE), a severe type of seizure, affects children in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
This study looked at the potential of certain microRNAs as biomarkers for pediatric epilepsy, which is a common neurological disorder in children.
Researchers studied the timing of a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in two children with a specific type of epilepsy known as self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.
This study focused on understanding how mutations in a gene called CHD4 affect people with rare diseases, particularly those with cardiovascular issues.
Researchers studied a young patient with a specific type of epilepsy linked to a gene called DLG3.
This study focused on understanding the potential causes of epilepsy linked to onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, in young children aged 2 to 5 years in Aketi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Researchers studied pediatric autoimmune encephalitis-associated epilepsy (AEAE), which is a type of epilepsy linked to problems in the immune system.
This study looked at five patients with a specific genetic condition related to epilepsy called NUS1-related disorder.