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Epilepsy - Complications
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Definition of 'Epilepsy'A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313) |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures.
17 Nov 2009 
Few studies have utilized both categorical and dimensional measures of psychopathology in children with epilepsy. We evaluated 173 children (88 males, 85 females; mean age 11.7y [SD 1.8]; range 9-14y) who had epilepsy (generalized 36%, partial 61%) ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009 We report on a patient with congenital generalized hypertrichosis, mental retardation, tonic-clonic seizures with onset during the first year of life and gingival overgrowth, unrelated to antiepileptic treatment. This phenotype represents a unique ... Read more...
Epileptiform discharges in psychiatric patients: a controversy in need of resurrection.
29 Sep 2009 The current view of the psychiatric significance of inter-ictal spike discharges (IIS) in nonepileptic, psychiatric patients is that the discharges are "incidental" and are of no clinical significance. Hence, despite a voluminous literature ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Epilepsy - Complications'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
- Gingival overgrowth, congenital generalized hypertrichosis, mental retardation and epilepsy: case report and overview. 29 Sep 2009
- Epileptiform discharges in psychiatric patients: a controversy in need of resurrection. 29 Sep 2009
- Astrocytic dysfunction in epileptogenesis: consequence of altered potassium and glutamate homeostasis? 24 Aug 2009
- Who's still afraid of the link between headache and epilepsy? Some reactions to and reflections on the article by Marte Helene Bjørk and co-workers.
23 Aug 2009 - Postictal psychosis successfully treated with quetiapine: a case report. 16 Aug 2009
- [Postictal psychosis] 12 Aug 2009
- [Research and quality control at a neuropsychiatric epilepsy clinic] 12 Aug 2009
- Metabolic epilepsies: approaches to a diagnostic challenge. 30 Jul 2009
- "I can't remember": memory deficits in children with epilepsy. 30 Jul 2009
- Epilepsy and memory dysfunction. 30 Jul 2009
- Zonisamide: in Parkinson's disease. 30 Jul 2009
- A multistage system for the automated detection of epileptic seizures in neonatal electroencephalography. 30 Jul 2009
- Blackout? Cause: misdiagnosis of cardiac arrest. 30 Jul 2009
- Alterations of the microvascular network in sclerotic hippocampi from patients with epilepsy. 30 Jul 2009
- End-of-dose emergent psychopathology in ambulatory patients with epilepsy on stable-dose lamotrigine monotherapy: a case series of six patients. 27 Jul 2009
- Epilepsy, psychosocial and cognitive functioning. 16 Jul 2009
- An animal model for SUDEP: the questions shape the answers. 14 Jul 2009
- Transcriptome profiling reveals TGF-beta signaling involvement in epileptogenesis. 13 Jul 2009
- Ictal hallucination and hemispheric specialization: findings from 217 cases with a unilateral epileptic focus. 3 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Epilepsy'
Definition: A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)
Descriptor UI: D004827
Alternative terms: Epilepsy; Epilepsies; Seizure Disorder; Seizure Disorders; Seizures, Epileptic; Epileptic Seizures; Epileptic Seizure; Seizure, Epileptic; Single Seizure; Seizure, Single; Seizures, Single; Single Seizures; Epilepsy, Cryptogenic; Cryptogenic Epilepsies; Cryptogenic Epilepsy; Epilepsies, Cryptogenic; Aura; Auras; Awakening Epilepsy; Epilepsy, Awakening;
Related Mesh Headings: Seizures;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C10.228.140.490;
Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics