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 the role of genetic testing in children with expressive language delay (ELD), a condition where kids have trouble expressing themselves verbally.
A recent study looked at how much teachers know about asthma, type 1 diabetes, and epilepsy in children.
This study looked at how physical activity (PA) and sleep duration are connected in children and teenagers with disabilities.
Researchers studied the risk of febrile seizures in young children after receiving the measles vaccine.
This study looked at the use of MRI-guided laser therapy (MRgLITT) in 88 children and teenagers with various brain conditions, including epilepsy, brain tumors, and cavernous malformations.
This study looked at how the anti-seizure medication levetiracetam affects thyroid function and thyroid size in children with epilepsy.
This study looked at Alexander disease, a rare genetic condition that affects children, to understand how it progresses and what factors might influence outcomes.
This study looked at how different factors affect the journey of young people with epilepsy who might need surgery.
This study focused on understanding how different genetic changes in the KCNQ2 gene affect cognitive abilities and epilepsy in a group of 90 patients from China.