The authors of this study performed a systematic review of the literature to synthesize the data on EEG findings in COVID-19. Frontal EEG patterns are reported to be a characteristic finding in COVID-19 encephalopathy. Although several reports of EEG abnormalities are available, there is lack of clarity about typical findings.
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Three decades after its introduction as an adjuvant therapeutic option in the management of selective drug-resistant epilepsy cases (DRE), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) retains growing interest. An implantable device was first approved for epilepsy in Europe in 1994 and in the United States (US) in 1997. Subsequent modifications improved the safety and the efficacy of the system.
This study aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes of patients with convulsive epilepsy in rural West China and to explore potential related factors.
This article is co-authored by a parent of a 32-year-old male patient with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) and his epileptologist. It discusses the parent’s experience of having a child with LGS from diagnosis through living day-to-day with the disease and the physician’s perspective when treating this devastating epilepsy syndrome.
A new FDA alert has been issued for Lamotrigine/Lamictal.
There is a harmful myth that persists in modern culture that one should place objects into a seizing person's mouth to prevent "swallowing the tongue." Despite expert guidelines against this, the idea remains alive in popular media and public belief. The authors of this study aimed to investigate the myth's origins and discredit it.
This study sought to describe the clinical characteristics and evaluate the long-term treatment outcomes in older people with newly diagnosed epilepsy over the past 30 years.
Genetics
A recent study suggests that distinct genetic influences underlie the recently recognized entity of combined epilepsies, just as generalized epilepsies and focal epilepsies each have distinct genetic influences. Its conclusions have important implications for molecular genetic studies aimed at identifying genetic determinants of the epilepsies.
