Levetiracetam Did Not Worsen Anxiety Or Depression In Kids
This study followed 35 children and adolescents with epilepsy who started levetiracetam, a common seizure medicine.
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Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | New Studies | Pediatrics | Pregnancy
Personalized Perampanel Dosing May Improve Seizure Treatment
This article discusses a proposed way to personalize dosing of perampanel, a seizure medicine used in drug-resistant epilepsy.
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Brain Electrodes May Temporarily Reduce Seizures
This study looked at whether putting in stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) depth electrodes might temporarily change how often seizures happen, even though the electrodes are used for testing rather than treatment.
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Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | Imaging & EEG | New Studies | Pediatrics | Safety & First Aid
AI Tool Helps Detect Seizures Quickly And Accurately
This study developed and tested a computer model called EffiFormer to detect epileptic seizures from EEG recordings.
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Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | Imaging & EEG | New Studies | Pediatrics
Delaying Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation May Hurt Children’s Outcomes
Researchers looked at how long it took children with drug-resistant epilepsy to get a presurgical epilepsy evaluation after they were recognized as having drug-resistant epilepsy.
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Comorbidities | Devices & Neuromodulation | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | Imaging & EEG | New Studies
Seizure Prediction Shows Promise But Is Not Ready Yet
This paper is a review, not a new experiment.
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Lacosamide Linked To Higher Fracture Risk Than Levetiracetam
This study looked at whether fracture risk differed between two seizure medicines, lacosamide and levetiracetam, when each was used alone in adults with epilepsy.
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Personalized Dosing Helped Control Seizures In An Infant
This report describes one infant with global developmental delay and refractory epilepsy associated with a TBC1D24 mutation.
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Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | Ketogenic Diet | New Studies | Pediatrics
Kidney Stones Seen In Some Children On Keto Diet
This study looked at kidney stones and kidney calcium buildup in children with drug-resistant epilepsy who were treated with a ketogenic diet (KD) or a modified Atkins diet (MAD) at one hospital clinic.
