PURPOSE Most studies of quality of life (QOL) in seizure-free epilepsy patients suggest normal or near-normal function. Previous studies on QOL in well-controlled epilepsy have not investigated determinants for QOL from a database that includes a wide range of health related and epilepsy related variables, as well as demographical data, neuropsychological data, data from a comprehensive persona...

PURPOSE To find out whether children with epilepsy did show different event-related potentials (ERP) compared to healthy children during performance in a visuo-spatial working memory (WM) task. METHODS Multichannel ERPs were measured during a visuo-spatial backmatching task. A quantitative analysis technique, based on Statistical Parametric Mapping, was used to analyze the ERP data. 62 childr...

The treatment of patients with refractory epilepsy has always been challenging. Despite the availability of multiple antiepileptic medications and surgical procedures with which to resect seizure foci, there is a subset of epilepsy patients for whom little can be done. Currently available treatment options for these unfortunate patients include vagus nerve stimulation, the ketogenic diet, and e...

the term reflex epilepsy in reserved for a small subgroup o seizures that occur regularly in response to specific stimuli. our patient is a 20- year old male, who had pleasure, euphoria, loss of conciousness and generalized tonic- clonic convulstion when he watched tv since ten years. during puberty the patient that self-induced reflex epilepsy with photic stimulation, when watching tv or looki...

Children with cerebral palsy associated with periventricular leukomalacia frequently develop unprovoked epileptic seizures. This article reports an analysis of risk factors for epilepsy in children with radiologically confirmed periventricular leukomalacia. This cohort was screened for epilepsy and for an array of clinical and demographic factors. Of 154 subjects with radiologically confirmed p...

Abstract Epilepsy is a neurological disease that affects approximately 1% of the world’s population. characterized by occurrence repeated epileptic seizures due to abnormal neuronal activity. Although this disorder currently incurable, it can be controlled for years with appropriate therapy and patient adherence. Inflammation an organism’s natural response pathological stimulus, aimed at elimin...

BACKGROUND Teaching people with epilepsy to identify and manage seizure triggers, implement strategies to remember to take antiepileptic drugs, implement precautions to minimize risks during seizures, tell others what to do during a seizure and learn what to do during recovery may lead to better self-management. No teaching programme exists for adults with epilepsy in the United Kingdom althoug...

t Sir, Epilepsy affects 40 million people worldwide, threequarters of whom remain untreated. About 75% of the 40 million people with epilepsy worldover are in developing countries. However, with early diagnosis and treatment, epilepsy can be controlled in three-quarters of those affected1. Since the prevalence rate of active epilepsy in India is 5.5/1000, the number of active epilepsy patients ...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated non-adherence to antiepileptic drug treatment amongst patients with epilepsy in secondary care. The associations between adherence and seizure control, perceptions of illness and medication, anxiety and depression were also examined. METHODS A cross-sectional study of fifty-four patients with epilepsy were recruited from a hospital epilepsy clinic. RESULTS ...

Epilepsy in adult patients with hypothalamic hamartoma has not been well studied. It is uncommon but merits recognition. In this paper, 14 adult patients with hypothalamic hamartoma and epilepsy, of whom three developed epilepsy only in adult life, are presented. The later onset of epilepsy appears to be associated with a milder epilepsy syndrome, less severe learning difficulties and behaviour...