Epilepsy is a common and serious neurologic disease with a strong genetic component.
Genetic studies have identified an increasing collection of disease-causing genes. The …

The syndrome known as nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy is recognized worldwide and has
been studied in a wide range of clinical and scientific settings (epilepsy, sleep medicine …

The goal of this paper is to provide updated diagnostic criteria for the epilepsy syndromes
that have a variable age of onset, based on expert consensus of the International League …

В руководстве представлены результаты 60-летней работы автора в области детской
и взрослой неврологии и эпилептологии. Впервые эпилептология представлена в …

Importance Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common focal epilepsy
subtype and is often refractory to antiseizure medications. While most patients with MTLE do …

Epilepsy affects at least 2% of the population at some time in their lives1. The epilepsies are
a heterogeneous group of disorders, many with an inherited component2. Although specific …

Accurate diagnostic and case ascertainment methods area prerequisite for epidemiological
research. In epilepsy, a common problem is diagnostic accuracy as it can bediagnosed only …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels and can be
divided into two groups: muscle receptors, which are found at the skeletal neuromuscular …

Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE) has been delineated as a distinct syndrome in the
heterogeneous group of paroxysmal sleep-related disturbances. The variable duration and …

The disorder of autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy has recently been
identified, and is now delineated in detail. A phenotypically homogeneous group of five …