Genetic Testing Found Causes In Many Children With Epilepsy
This study looked at whole-exome sequencing in 1,109 children with epilepsy at a single medical center.
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Strong Neighborhood Support May Boost Exercise In Inactive Epilepsy
This study looked at whether people with active epilepsy or inactive epilepsy were meeting aerobic exercise guidelines, and whether neighborhood social cohesion was related to this association.
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Devices & Neuromodulation | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | New Studies | Status Epilepticus
Getting Enough Seizure Medicine Matters Most In NCSE
This study looked at how adults with non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) were treated in a 6-year ambispective registry, and whether treatment patterns were associated with seizure control, death in the hospital, or worse function at discharge.
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Brain Responses Change After Stimulation In Epilepsy
Researchers looked at whether a brain signal called the corticocortical evoked potential, or CCEP, changes right away after brief brain stimulation in people with drug-resistant epilepsy.
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Genetic Testing Rarely Found Causes Before Epilepsy Surgery
This study looked at how often genetic testing finds a clear epilepsy-related cause in adults being evaluated for epilepsy surgery.
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Brain Scan And EEG Match Linked To Better Outcomes
This paper was a systematic review of studies about epilepsy surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy caused by hippocampal sclerosis, also called mesial temporal sclerosis.
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Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | Ketogenic Diet | New Studies | Pediatrics | Status Epilepticus
LGI1 Gene Change Linked To Severe Infant Epilepsy
This report describes one infant girl with very severe epilepsy and developmental problems.
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Levetiracetam Linked To More Sleepiness And Fatigue
This paper reviewed published studies on neuropsychiatric side effects reported with levetiracetam, an anti-seizure medicine.
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Comorbidities | Devices & Neuromodulation | Epilepsy Research Summaries | New Studies | Pediatrics | Safety & First Aid
Antipsychotic Use Was Low Among Ugandan Children With Epilepsy
This study looked at how often antipsychotic medicines were prescribed to children and teens with epilepsy in Uganda, and which medicines were used together.
