Ketogenic diet (KD) was usually tried as a last resort in the treatment of intractable epilepsy after failure of many antiepileptics and even epilepsy surgery. Glucose transporter-1 deficiency and pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency must be treated with KD as the first choice because of inborn errors of glucose metabolism. Infantile spasms, tuberous sclerosis complex, Rett syndrome, Doose syndrom...

The choice of appropriate animal models for the initial in vivo testing of potential anticonvulsant compounds is one of the most important steps in the successful search for new antiepileptic drugs. The purpose of this paper is to describe the most important aspects to take into account when performing the maximal electroshock seizure (MES) test in the routine laboratory screening of new antiep...

Drug hypersensitivity with myocarditis is known to occur with many drugs especially with antiepileptics, sulpha-compounds and daposne. Dapsone (4, 4 diaminodiphenyl sulphone) induced hypersensitivity is known to occur in about 2% of leprosy patients on treatment and an incidence of 1.66% in non-leprosy patients. We report this rare case of dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome in a girl on dapsone ...

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage is persistent or recurrent pulmonary that occurs due to a variety of causes. Here, we present the case 15-year-old male child who presented with chief complaints involuntary jerking movements entire body in morning followed by coughing out massive amount blood. At presentation, patient’s blood glucose level was high. Bronchoscopy revealed bleeding middle and lower lo...

Objective: To study the clinical spectrum of seizures and efficacy of anticonvulsive treatment in children. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Military Hospital (MH) Rawalpindi from October 2011 to March 2012. Material and Methods: One hundred children of either gender aged 1 month to 12 years presenting with seizures at Military Hospital Rawalpindi were evaluated a...