Epilepsy - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Drug-resistant epilepsy]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Despite the introduction of many new antiepileptic drugs during recent years, about one third of the epilepsy population continue to have drug-resistant seizures. We present two hypotheses on mechanisms of drug-resistant epileptic ... Read more...

Epilepsy in later life.

29 Sep 2009 Epilepsy is most likely to develop in later life. The burden of this disorder on health-care resources will rise further as the world's population continues to age. Making a secure diagnosis can be challenging because the clinical manifestations of ... Read more...

Advances in spike localization with EEG dipole modeling.

29 Sep 2009 EEG interpretation by visual inspection of waveforms, using the assumption that activity at a given electrode is a representation of only the activity of the cortex immediately beneath it, has been the traditional form of EEG analysis since its ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Epilepsy - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Drug-resistant epilepsy] 6 Oct 2009
• Epilepsy in later life. 29 Sep 2009
• Advances in spike localization with EEG dipole modeling. 29 Sep 2009
• Automatic EEG spike detection. 29 Sep 2009
• "All that spikes is not fits", mistaking the woods for the trees: the interictal spikes--an "EEG chameleon" in the interface disorders of brain and mind: a critical review. 29 Sep 2009
• Hemispherotomy: efficacy and analysis of seizure recurrence. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinical, functional, and neurophysiologic assessment of dysplastic cortical networks: Implications for cortical functioning and surgical management. 29 Sep 2009
• The intriguing case of Christina the Astonishing. 13 Sep 2009
• Magnetic source imaging. 3 Sep 2009
• ICA decomposition of EEG signal for fMRI processing in epilepsy. 30 Aug 2009
• Hippocampal MRI volumetry at 3 Tesla: reliability and practical guidance. 30 Aug 2009
• Safety and yield of early cessation of AEDs in video-EEG telemetry and outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
• Experiences from an international tele-epilepsy collaboration. 30 Aug 2009
• Intra-familial incidence and characteristics of hot water epilepsy. 30 Aug 2009
• Alpha-B-crystallin as a tissue marker of epileptic foci in paediatric resections. 30 Aug 2009
• Diffusion-weighted imaging: not all that glitters is gold. 30 Aug 2009
• Surgical treatment of the extratemporal epilepsies. 30 Aug 2009
• Refractory seizures: try additional antiepileptic drugs (after two have failed) or go directly to early surgery evaluation? 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment algorithms in refractory partial epilepsy. 30 Aug 2009
• Epilepsy spectrum in cerebral creatine transporter deficiency. 30 Aug 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