Adult epilepsy

AA Asadi-Pooya, F Brigo, S Lattanzi, I Blumcke - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy is a common medical condition that affects people of all ages, races, social classes,
and geographical regions. Diagnosis of epilepsy remains clinical, and ancillary …

Epilepsy surgery for children and adolescents: evidence-based but underused

JH Cross, C Reilly, EG Delicado, ML Smith… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Paediatric epilepsy surgery is an increasingly used evidence-based management option
with low risks for complications. Developments in neuroimaging techniques and other …

The ILAE consensus classification of focal cortical dysplasia: an update proposed by an ad hoc task force of the ILAE diagnostic methods commission

I Najm, D Lal, M Alonso Vanegas, F Cendes… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing challenges in diagnosing focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) mandate continuous
research and consensus agreement to improve disease definition and classification. An …

Timing of referral to evaluate for epilepsy surgery: Expert Consensus Recommendations from the Surgical Therapies Commission of the International League Against …

L Jehi, N Jette, CS Kwon, CB Josephson… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Epilepsy surgery is the treatment of choice for patients with drug‐resistant seizures. A timely
evaluation for surgical candidacy can be life‐saving for patients who are identified as …

Intraoperative electrocorticography using high-frequency oscillations or spikes to tailor epilepsy surgery in the Netherlands (the HFO trial): a randomised, single-blind …

W Zweiphenning, MA van't Klooster… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Intraoperative electrocorticography is used to tailor epilepsy surgery by
analysing interictal spikes or spike patterns that can delineate epileptogenic tissue. High …

Frequent SLC35A2 brain mosaicism in mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy (MOGHE)

T Bonduelle, T Hartlieb, S Baldassari, NS Sim… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Focal malformations of cortical development (MCD) are linked to somatic brain mutations
occurring during neurodevelopment. Mild malformation of cortical development with …

Toward a better definition of focal cortical dysplasia: an iterative histopathological and genetic agreement trial

I Blümcke, R Coras, RM Busch, M Morita‐Sherman… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is a major cause of difficult‐to‐treat epilepsy in
children and young adults, and the diagnosis is currently based on microscopic review of …

Contribution of somatic Ras/Raf/mitogen-activated protein kinase variants in the hippocampus in drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

S Khoshkhoo, Y Wang, Y Chahine… - Jama …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
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 …

The genomic landscape across 474 surgically accessible epileptogenic human brain lesions

JA López-Rivera, C Leu, M Macnee, J Khoury… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the exact molecular mechanisms involved in the aetiology of epileptogenic
pathologies with or without tumour activity is essential for improving treatment of drug …

Atlas of lesion locations and postsurgical seizure freedom in focal cortical dysplasia: A MELD study

K Wagstyl, K Whitaker, A Raznahan, J Seidlitz… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Drug‐resistant focal epilepsy is often caused by focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs).
The distribution of these lesions across the cerebral cortex and the impact of lesion location …