Behavior disorders in childhood epilepsy

[Behavior disorders in childhood epilepsy].

OBJECTIVE To introduce pediatricians to the psychiatric and behavioral disorders that most frequently affect children with epilepsy, qualifying them to diagnose, evaluate risk factors and guide the treatment of these children. SOURCES OF DATA MEDLINE (1979 to 2003) and epilepsy clinic at the Neuropediatrics Center, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Children wit...

Erratum: Cognition and Behavior in Childhood Epilepsy.

Seizure Disorders Long-term Social Outcomes in Childhood Epilepsy

COMMENT. The authors comment that the benefit in persistent migraine relief rates found for dexamethasone in this study should be interpreted with caution because this was a subgroup analysis. Becker WJ, Kryscio RJ, in an editorial (Neurology 2007;69:2034-2035), note that others have reported benefits of dexamethasone, especially with larger doses and with headache endpoints beyond 24 hours pos...

Diversity in pathways to common childhood disruptive behavior disorders.

Oppositional-Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are highly comorbid, a phenomenon thought to be due to shared etiological factors and mechanisms. Little work has attempted to chart multiple-level-of-analysis pathways (i.e., simultaneously including biological, environmental, and trait influences) to ODD and ADHD, the goal of the present investigation. 559...

Carbamazepine in Childhood Epilepsy

Carbamazepine oral suspension (100mg/5ml), 100mg and 200mg chewable tablets are proposed for addition to the Model List of Essential Medicines, for use in the management of epilepsy in children. It is at least as effective as phenobarbitone, phenytoin and sodium valproate in the management of partial and tonic-clonic seizures in children. Carbamazepine is available in the UK as a sugar free ora...