Seizures - Etiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Clinical features, surgical treatment, and long-term outcome in adult patients with moyamoya disease. Clinical article.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECT: The object of this study was to report the clinical features, surgical treatment, and long-term outcomes in adults with moyamoya phenomenon treated at a single institution in the US. METHODS: Forty-three adult patients with moyamoya disease ... Read more...

Cortical deactivation induced by subcortical network dysfunction in limbic seizures.

12 Oct 2009 Normal human consciousness may be impaired by two possible routes: direct reduced function in widespread cortical regions or indirect disruption of subcortical activating systems. The route through which temporal lobe limbic seizures impair ... Read more...

Seizure relapse and development of drug resistance following long-term seizure remission.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To quantify and identify predictive risk factors for seizure relapse and development of drug resistance in patients who achieved long-term (>1 year) antiepileptic drug-induced seizure remission. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Seizures - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical features, surgical treatment, and long-term outcome in adult patients with moyamoya disease. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
• Cortical deactivation induced by subcortical network dysfunction in limbic seizures. 12 Oct 2009
• Water intoxication following labour and surgery: blaming oxytocin--the easy way out? 29 Sep 2009
• [6/12. Convulsions in childhood] 29 Sep 2009
• Seizure relapse and development of drug resistance following long-term seizure remission. 29 Sep 2009
• Interrater reliability of EEG-video monitoring. 13 Sep 2009
• Mesial temporal sclerosis after posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. 30 Aug 2009
• The use of antiepileptic drugs in pediatric brain tumor patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Stereotactic radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumors: a comprehensive review of complications. 30 Aug 2009
• Status epilepticus and epileptic seizures in dogs. 30 Aug 2009
• Uncoupling of astrogliosis from epileptogenesis in adenosine kinase (ADK) transgenic mice. 11 Aug 2009
• The EAST syndrome and KCNJ10 mutations. 4 Aug 2009
• Investigating epigenetic influences on seizure disposition. 30 Jul 2009
• Characterization of novel KCNH2 mutations in type 2 long QT syndrome manifesting as seizures. 30 Jul 2009
• Long-term seizure outcomes in adult patients undergoing primary resection of malignant brain astrocytomas. Clinical article. 30 Jul 2009
• Osler vindicated: glioma of the leg center with Jacksonian epilepsy; removal and cure, with a 50-year follow-up. Historical vignette. 30 Jul 2009
• [A successful surgical case of a hypothalamic hamartoma with gelastic seizure: a case report] 30 Jul 2009
• Common causes of uncommon seizures. 30 Jul 2009
• Gliomas of the cingulate gyrus: surgical management and functional outcome. 30 Jul 2009
• Simple dosage inaccuracy might be the cause of serious side effects of topiramate. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Seizures'

Definition: Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder."

Descriptor UI: D012640

Alternative terms: Seizures; Seizure; Seizures, Visual; Seizure, Visual; Visual Seizure; Visual Seizures; Convulsive Seizures; Convulsive Seizure; Seizure, Convulsive; Seizures, Motor; Motor Seizure; Motor Seizures; Seizure, Motor; Seizures, Convulsive; Jacksonian Seizure; Seizure, Jacksonian; Seizures, Auditory; Auditory Seizure; Auditory Seizures; Seizure, Auditory; Seizures, Clonic; Clonic Seizure; Clonic Seizures; Seizure, Clonic; Seizures, Focal; Focal Seizure; Focal Seizures; Seizure, Focal; Seizures, Generalized; Generalized Seizure; Generalized Seizures; Seizure, Generalized; Seizures, Gustatory; Gustatory Seizure; Gustatory Seizures; Seizure, Gustatory; Seizures, Olfactory; Olfactory Seizure; Olfactory Seizures; Seizure, Olfactory; Convulsion, Non-Epileptic; Convulsion, Non Epileptic; Convulsions, Non-Epileptic; Non-Epileptic Convulsion; Non-Epileptic Convulsions; Seizures, Somatosensory; Seizure, Somatosensory; Somatosensory Seizure; Somatosensory Seizures; Seizures, Tonic; Seizure, Tonic; Tonic Seizure; Tonic Seizures; Seizures, Tonic-Clonic; Seizure, Tonic-Clonic; Seizures, Tonic Clonic; Tonic-Clonic Seizure; Tonic-Clonic Seizures; Seizures, Vertiginous; Seizure, Vertiginous; Vertiginous Seizure; Vertiginous Seizures; Seizures, Vestibular; Seizure, Vestibular; Vestibular Seizure; Vestibular Seizures; Seizures, Sensory; Seizure, Sensory; Sensory Seizure; Sensory Seizures; Convulsions; Convulsion;

Related Mesh Headings: Anticonvulsants; Convulsants; Eclampsia; Epilepsy; Kindling, Neurologic;

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: C10.228.140.490.631; C10.597.742; C23.888.592.742;

History Note: 1979; for CONVULSIVE SEIZURES & SEIZURES, CONVULSIVE use CONVULSIONS 1998-1999; for JACKSONIAN SEIZURE use EPILEPSY, PARTIAL 1992-1999

Technical Notes: note other specific seizure terms in MeSH; audiogenic or acoustic seizures = REFLEX EPILEPSY, AUDIOGENIC