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 the challenges and effectiveness of epilepsy surgery in children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), which affects about 30% of young patients.
This study looked at the genetic causes of infantile spasms in children under two years old in Peru.
This study looked at a rare genetic disorder called neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2 disease) in children in France.
A recent study looked at how well the updated International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) seizure classification works in secondary referral centers, which are specialized clinics for epilepsy care.
This study looked at how being exposed to antiseizure medications (ASMs) before birth affects children’s cognitive development from ages 2 to 6.
Researchers studied brain activity patterns in children with a specific type of epilepsy called self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS).
This study looked at the use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) to treat children with drug-resistant epilepsy, meaning their seizures did not respond to standard medications.
This study focused on understanding how common infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is in India.
Researchers studied how sex affects the severity and outcomes of neonatal arterial ischemic stroke (NAIS) in infants.