Epilepsy in children

R Guerrini - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
Summary 10· 5 million children worldwide are estimated to have active epilepsy. Over the
past 15 years, syndrome-oriented clinical and EEG diagnosis, and better aetiological …

Expert opinion on the management of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: treatment algorithms and practical considerations

JH Cross, S Auvin, M Falip, P Striano… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe epileptic and developmental encephalopathy
that is associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. It is characterized by multiple …

Benign childhood focal epilepsies: assessment of established and newly recognized syndromes

CP Panayiotopoulos, M Michael, S Sanders, T Valeta… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
A big advance in epileptology has been the recognition of syndromes with distinct aetiology,
clinical and EEG features, treatment and prognosis. A prime and common example of this is …

A Role of SCN9A in Human Epilepsies, As a Cause of Febrile Seizures and As a Potential Modifier of Dravet Syndrome

NA Singh, C Pappas, EJ Dahle, LRF Claes… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
A follow-up study of a large Utah family with significant linkage to chromosome 2q24 led us
to identify a new febrile seizure (FS) gene, SCN9A encoding Nav1. 7. In 21 affected …

Epileptic encephalopathies of the Landau‐Kleffner and continuous spike and waves during slow‐wave sleep types: Genomic dissection makes the link with autism

G Lesca, G Rudolf, A Labalme, E Hirsch… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The continuous spike and waves during slow‐wave sleep syndrome (CSWSS) and
the Landau‐Kleffner (LKS) syndrome are two rare epileptic encephalopathies sharing …

Cognitive and behavioral effects of nocturnal epileptiform discharges in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

J Nicolai, AP Aldenkamp, J Arends, JW Weber… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2006 - Elsevier
This review addresses the effects of subclinical localized epileptiform discharges during
sleep in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS) on …

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus

R Maganti, P Gerber, C Drees, S Chung - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2008 - Elsevier
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is a heterogeneous disorder with multiple
subtypes. Although attempts have been made to define and classify this disorder, there is yet …

Benign childhood focal epilepsies

R Guerrini, S Pellacani - Epilepsia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The idiopathic focal epilepsies comprise a group of syndromes characterized by focal‐onset
seizures for which there is no detectable structural brain abnormality and for which there is a …

Childhood absence epilepsy: evolution and prognostic factors

S Grosso, D Galimberti, P Vezzosi, M Farnetani… - …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate how diagnostic criteria influence remission rates for patients with
childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) and to assess clinical and EEG parameters as predictors …

A clinical and EEG study on idiopathic partial epilepsies with evolution into ESES spectrum disorders

S Saltik, D Uluduz, O Cokar, V Demirbilek… - Epilepsia, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Questioning the presence of any possible prognostic predictors, this study includes
a long‐term follow‐up of clinical and EEG characteristics of 16 patients with idiopathic partial …