We investigated whether there is a cluster effect depending on localization of seizure foci in patients with bilateral seizure foci. We evaluated 171 seizure pairs from 193 seizures recorded in 28 patients. Seizure lateralization was determined by the lateralization of ictal discharges; if the ictal EEG pattern was not lateralized, lateralization was determined by clinical seizure semiology. Th...

introduction: this study was aimed to asses the rate of recurrence after the first unprovoked seizure in children. methods and materials: in a prospective study, we recruited 145 children who presented with primary unprovoked seizure and were followed for at least 12 months after the first seizure. results: seventy five children (51.7%) experienced subsequent seizures. the cumulative risk of se...

This study was initiated to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy of seizure control of lamotrigine (LTG) in children and adult patients with partial seizures (PS) with or without secondary generalized seizure. A total of 132 patients (age 5-41 years) with treatment-resistant epilepsy received LTG as addon therapy for up to four years. Overall, patients were treated with ...

INTRODUCTION Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a genetic generalized epilepsy syndrome. Under appropriate antiepileptic drugs (AED) up to 85% of patients become seizure-free, but many may have a relapse after AED withdrawal. METHODS We retrospectively studied 242 patients with JME at the Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria (1975-2006). We analyzed age at seizure ...

Sixty-three patients (32 women, 31 men), chronically treated with carbamazepine, phenytoin, valproate and/or phenobarbital, were investigated. Mean age at manifestation of epilepsy was 16.4 years; mean age at onset of documentation of seizure frequency was 33.7 years; mean duration of follow-up was 104.8 months; mean number of documented seizures per patient was 313.2. A statistical analysis of...

Seizure episode is most common in males than females this study. Among the males, age group of 21-40 years affecting with seizures. Major occurrence seizure when patient awake state. Most around 80% study presented single seizure. Generalized Tonic Clonic form Infection and inflammation were cause Neurocysticercosis under infectious seizure, followed by tuberculomas. Ischemia second Incidence m...

objective to evaluate the serum zinc level of the patients with simple febrile seizure and compare them with febrile children without seizure. materials & methods this prospective case - control study was performed on 60 patients aged 6 months to 6 years from apr. 2009 to jan.2010 in ghaem, imam reza and dr. sheikh hospitals in mashhad. the serum zinc level was assessed and compared between the...

objective the ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low carbohydrate, adequate protein diet,developed in the 1920s for the management of intractable seizure disorders in children. to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of the classic  ketogenic diet, we analyzed records of the children started on the diet from 1999 to 2006 at the mofid children's hospital.materials & methods   the subjects were 87 child...