This study found that ambulatory video-EEG monitoring is useful for non-urgent diagnostic evaluation of events.
The Task Force for Epilepsy Education developed a competency-based curriculum for epileptology, covering the spectrum of skills and knowledge for best medical practice.
This gift benefits CURE and its initiatives to find a cure for epilepsy.
Researchers identified an excitatory connection association with inhibition of formation of the left hippocampal region in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
The Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy questionnaire showed significant improvement in cognition, social activities, behavior, and overall quality of life, according to this study.
Pediatric Epilepsy
According to this study, pregabalin 10 mg/kg/d showed effectiveness in reducing seizure frequency in children with focal seizures vs placebo; both doses of pregabalin were generally safe and well tolerated.
Using longitudinal data gathered during patient follow-up allows more accurate predictions than using baseline covariates in a standard Cox model.
Despite expectations that circadian and sleep disruption related to daylight savings time transitions would increase the incidence of seizures, this study found little substantive evidence for such an association in this large, longitudinal cohort.
