AES: American Epilepsy Society
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Common first-line antiepileptics have similar efficacy in kids
Major Finding: The rate of antiepileptic drug failure was 2.8/100 person-months among children who took levetiracetam and 1.7/100 person-months...
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Neurodevelopmental comorbidities common in kids with epilepsy
Major Finding: As early as the time of onset of unprovoked seizures or in the following 6 months, 32% of children had one or more...
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Psychopathology management skills in childhood epilepsy vary across settings
Major Finding: Behavioral health care professionals who provided services in an institution, such as a school or hospital, possessed better...
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SSRI antidepressants safe for depressed epilepsy patients
Major Finding: Six months of SSRI or SNRI therapy did not increase seizure frequency rates among 44 epilepsy patients with fewer than one seizure...
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Study Finds Long-Term Benefits of DBS in Refractory Epilepsy
Major Finding: Bilateral deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus demonstrated stepwise improvements in the median percent...
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Group Educational Therapy Helps Psychogenic Seizure Patients
Major Finding: Following diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, patients who received three educational group therapy sessions were...
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Bone Risks of Older Antiepileptics Sometimes Unaddressed
Major Finding: Uninsured women and those on Medicaid were about half as likely to be warned of the bone health impacts of older antiepileptic...
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Study Spotlights Disparities in Specialized Epilepsy Care
Major Finding: Adults with epilepsy who routinely received their services in an area where epilepsy centers are located were more likely to...
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Most Febrile Seizures Don't Lead to Epilepsy
Major Finding: Children with febrile seizures were almost 10 times more likely to develop epilepsy than were their peers, yet their standardized...
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Valproate Exposure Associated With Autism, Lower IQ
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Implanted EEG Device Predicts Seizures in Early Study
Major Finding: The sensitivity of the device for time periods deemed to have a high likelihood of impending seizure ranged from 0.56 to 1.00 in...
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Progesterone Quells Some Intractable Catamenial Seizures
Major Finding: Cyclical natural progesterone therapy decreased seizure frequency by up to 71%, compared with placebo, in women with a high number...
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Despite Potential Gains, Patients Balk at Epilepsy Surgery
Major Finding: Among 110 epilepsy patients with the best surgical prognosis, only 45 elected to have a surgical procedure. Of these, most (89%)...
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Gamma Knife Surgery Cuts Seizures in Tumor Patients
Major Finding: After a median of 62 months’ follow-up, the number of seizures in this group dropped from a median of 92 per month to a median of 6...