Nuclei‐Specific Amygdala Enlargement Is Linked to Psychiatric Comorbidities in Drug‐Resistant Focal Epilepsy
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DOI: 10.1002/acn3.70071
Abstract: Amygdala enlargement has been the subject of controversial studies regarding its significance in terms of pathogenicity both in epilepsy and in psychiatric comorbidities such as anxiety, depression, and post‐traumatic stress disorder. However, no causal link… read more here.
Keywords: focal epilepsy; resistant focal; drug resistant; psychiatric comorbidities ... See more keywords
Real‐world anti‐seizure treatment and adverse events among individuals living with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy in the United States
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DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12967
Abstract: This study aimed to understand how people living with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy (DRE) navigate through lines of antiseizure medications (ASM) and experience adverse events (AEs) in the real‐world setting in the United States. read more here.
Keywords: adverse events; real world; focal epilepsy; resistant focal ... See more keywords
Non-invasive therapeutic brain stimulation for treatment of resistant focal epilepsy in a teenager
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cnp.2020.07.003
Abstract: Highlights • rTMS and tDCS could be more often used for treatment-resistant focal epilepsy and tinnitus.• tDCS can be used as maintenance treatment after initial successful rTMS treatment.• rTMS and tDCS are safe in adolescents… read more here.
Keywords: treatment resistant; treatment; focal epilepsy; non invasive ... See more keywords
Stratifying sudden death risk in adults with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy: The SUDEP‐CARE score
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DOI: 10.1111/ene.15566
Abstract: A clinical risk score for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in patients with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy could help improve prevention. read more here.
Keywords: epilepsy sudep; resistant focal; risk; drug resistant ... See more keywords
The Epilepsy Surgery Grading Scale: Validation in an independent population with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy
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DOI: 10.1111/epi.16096
Abstract: The Epilepsy Surgery Grading Scale (ESGS) is a simple tool that predicts a patient's likelihood of progressing to resective surgery and becoming seizure‐free. The aim of our study was to validate the ESGS in an… read more here.
Keywords: epilepsy; surgery; focal epilepsy; drug resistant ... See more keywords
Ictal Asystole in Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy: Two Decades of Experience from an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
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DOI: 10.3390/brainsci10070443
Abstract: Background: Ictal asystole (IA) is a rare event observed in people with epilepsy (PwE). Clinical and IA video-electroencephalographic findings may be helpful in screening for high-risk subjects. Methods: From all PwE undergoing video-EEG for presurgical… read more here.
Keywords: seizure onset; drug resistant; ictal asystole; seizure ... See more keywords
Sequential Semiology of Seizures and Brain Perfusion Patterns in Patients with Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsies: A Perspective from Neural Networks
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DOI: 10.3390/bs12040107
Abstract: Ictal semiology and brain single-photon emission computed tomography have been performed in approaching the epileptogenic zone in drug-resistant focal epilepsies. The authors aim to describe the brain structures involved in the ictal and interictal epileptogenic… read more here.
Keywords: resistant focal; brain; perfusion; focal epilepsies ... See more keywords
Relation of Brain Perfusion Patterns to Sudden Unexpected Death Risk Stratification: A Study in Drug Resistant Focal Epilepsy
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DOI: 10.3390/bs12070207
Abstract: To explore the role of the interictal and ictal SPECT to identity functional neuroimaging biomarkers for SUDEP risk stratification in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy (DRFE). Twenty-nine interictal-ictal Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans… read more here.
Keywords: risk stratification; resistant focal; interictal ictal; risk ... See more keywords