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Study supports halting antiseizure medications after neonatal seizures
A registry study found that halting antiseizure medications after acute symptomatic neonatal seizures had similar outcomes to maintenance therapy...
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CBD for LGS: Fewer seizures, but thrombocytopenia risk
Cannabidiol reduces seizures in Lennox Gastaut syndrome out to 3 years, but has been linked to thrombocytopenia in children also on valproic acid...
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Epilepsy after TBI linked to worse 12-month outcomes
Patients have a greater risk of developing posttraumatic epilepsy at 12 months post-injury if the presenting GCS score is less than 8.
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Most adult epilepsy-related deaths could be avoided
“The overall mortality is not reducing; people are dying young, and neurologists are really not getting involved.”
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Frontal lobe glucose abnormalities may indicate increased SUDEP risk
The idea is to identify those at high risk and then reduce that risk with more aggressive management of seizures or closer monitoring in certain...
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Patients with epilepsy may underreport seizures, survey finds
Clinicians may underestimate the number of seizures that go unreported, and this disconnect may contribute to complacency about epilepsy treatment...
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Artisanal CBD may provide less seizure control than pharmaceutical CBD
Seizure control and side effect profiles differed between the two preparations.
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Functional outcomes of SLAH may be superior to those of open resection
BALTIMORE – Functional status following surgery may not correlate with seizure-freedom status, according to the...
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EEG abnormalities may indicate increased risk for epilepsy in patients with autism
BALTIMORE – A family history of febrile seizures, but not a patient’s history of febrile seizures, was associated...
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Hippocampal sparing temporal lobectomy recommended for medically refractory epilepsy
BALTIMORE – Hippocampal sparing anterior temporal lobectomy reduced the risk of memory impairment in patients with intractable temporal lobe...