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 studied two children with a rare type of epilepsy caused by changes in the WWOX gene.
This study looked at how epilepsy affects brain development in children aged 4 to 12 years who do not show clear signs of brain abnormalities on MRI scans.
This study looked at how children with epilepsy stop using the ketogenic diet therapy (KDT), which is a special diet that can help control seizures.
Researchers studied the use of magnetoencephalography (MEG) in evaluating epilepsy, focusing on its effectiveness in helping doctors locate the areas of the brain causing seizures.
This study looked at a specific brain imaging sign called the symmetrical claustrum sign (SCS) in children diagnosed with febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES).
In a study involving 249 children who experienced new-onset bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, researchers aimed to understand how different diagnostic methods could help classify the type of seizures.
Researchers studied how remote follow-up care, like video or phone visits, can help manage pediatric epilepsy.
This study looked at the safety and effectiveness of a medication called cenobamate in children and teenagers under 18 years old who have epilepsy that does not respond well to other treatments.
This study looked at two types of epilepsy that can occur in infants: infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) and self-limited infantile epilepsy (SeLIE).