conclusions since most of the symptoms of metabolic diseases in newborns are same as the signs of sepsis or other common diseases of this period, and also early diagnosis and treatment of these illnesses, especially in diseases such as hyperglycemia, can be influential in neural function of babies, it calls for serious attention and clinical vision of the doctors to stop mortality caused by suc...

Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the central nervous system that predisposes individuals to experiencing recurrent seizures. It affects 3 million Americans and 50 million people world-wide. A seizure is a transient aberration in the brain's electrical activity that produces disruptive physical symptoms such as a lapse in attention and memory, a sensory hallucination, or a whole-body convulsion...

Focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCDII) is a focal malformation of the developing cerebral cortex and the major cause of intractable epilepsy. However, since the molecular genetic etiology of FCD has remained enigmatic, the effective therapeutic target for this condition has remained poorly understood. Our recent study on FCD utilizing various deep sequencing platforms identified somatic mutat...

Cerebral calcification is a common incidental finding upon brain imaging and its epileptogenicity is often underestimated. Here, we report a case of intractable epilepsy arising in conjunction with a solitary cerebral calcification. A 42-year-old male with intractable epilepsy was admitted to the epilepsy clinic for invasive epilepsy surgery. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a slight h...

Established partial seizures are often refractory to treatment and many patients receive polypharmacy. An attempt was made to improve seizure control with the substitution of carbamazepine (CBZ) for existing treatment in 7 consecutive unremitting cases of partial epilepsy referred by their physicians as 'intractable'. This produced a significant improvement in control of partial (P less than 0....