Epilepsy & Seizures
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IV brivaracetam similarly well tolerated as oral formulation
HOUSTON – Pooled data for a recently approved antiepileptic drug show good safety and tolerability when it’s administered intravenously.
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Strength of fibromyalgia as marker for seizures questioned
HOUSTON – The specificity of fibromyalgia as a marker for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures is less reliable than previously described, results...
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One in three older adults with epilepsy has poor adherence to antiepileptics
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Ketogenic diet, with variations, can help adult epilepsy
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Few drug-resistant epilepsy patients recruitable for trials of new AEDs
HOUSTON – Fewer than 8% of adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy would have been recruitable for recent phase II and III trials of new...
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Wide variation seen in treatment of infantile spasms
HOUSTON – The types of diagnostic tests ordered and medication used for treatment of infantile spasms vary considerably, a large study of children...
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Wrist-worn system detected convulsive seizures in home setting
HOUSTON – A wrist-worn device and smartphone-based alert system worn by a patient outside of the epilepsy monitoring unit for 3 months effectively...
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Rate of mosaicism in parents of children with epileptic encephalopathy likely underestimated
HOUSTON – The rate of parental mosaicism in children with sporadic cases of epileptic encephalopathy and an apparent de novo mutation is believed...
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Survey sheds light on clinical neurophysiology fellowship training
HOUSTON – Fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology received high rates of satisfaction, but recommended areas for improvements include more...
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Allopregnanolone May Treat Superrefractory Status Epilepticus Effectively
BALTIMORE—The investigational agent allopregnanolone may effectively treat superrefractory status epilepticus, according to research presented at...
Literature Review
Prognostic Models Fail to Predict Posttraumatic Seizures
Investigators have developed prognostic models that discriminate between patients with and without posttraumatic seizures (PTS) at year 1 and year...