Epilepsy is one of the most important diseases of nervous system that involves 0.5-1% of the population. In spite of new developments in antiepileptic drugs, between 20-30% of epileptic patients can not be controlled and even those who are controlled with antiepileptic drugs suffer from their adverse events. Epileptic patients have different challenges in relation to the disease and its medicat...

Previous research into non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD) has focused on the individual. We report a teenager with non-epileptic seizures which highlights the importance of the family in the development and maintenance of such attacks. The authors propose that in children and adolescents the focus of therapeutic intervention should be the individual within the context of the family.

how to cite this article: hashemiaghdam a, sharifi a, miri m, tafakhori a. seizure-control effect of levatiracetam on juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and other epileptic syndromes: literature review of recent studies. iran j child neurol. spring 2015;9(2):1-8. abstract objective various epileptic syndromes may present in adolescence and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (jme) is known to be the most comm...

The intracarotid amobarbital test (IAT) is the most widely used procedure for pre-surgical evaluation of language lateralization in epileptic patients. However, apart from being invasive, this technique is not applicable in young children or patients who present mental retardation and/or language deficits. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is increasingly employed as a non-invasive a...

We conducted a case control study to evaluate the effect of phenytoin and valproic acid on serum lipids and liver function tests in epileptic children. Seventy-nine children receiving at least 6 months of antiepileptic monotherapy were categorized into two groups, depending on whether they were receiving phenytoin or valproic acid. Age matched healthy controls were also included. The mean total...

ix CHAPTER I. EPILEPSY 1 Historical Perspective .... 2 Current Concepts and Diagnosis 4 Classification of the Epilepsies 7 Grand Mai 8 Petit Mai 9 Temporal Lobe or Psychomotor Seizures 10 Jacksonian 10 Prevalence 13 II. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY. 16 The Intelligence of Epileptics 18 Institutionalized and Public School Epileptics 20 The Effects of Brain Damage 22 Deteriorat...

In children suffering from epilepsy, a better understanding of the brain networks involved in epileptic activity is of great clinical and scientific importance. Non-invasive mapping of the epileptic focus can be performed with EEG source imaging (ESI), a technique based on scalp EEG recordings to estimate the localisation of the intra-cerebral electric sources. Recent technological development ...

PURPOSE Despite the advances in the pharmacological treatment of epilepsy, pharmacoresistance still remains challenging. Understanding of the pharmacogenetic causes is critical to predict drug response hence providing a basis for personalized medications. Genetic alteration in activity of drug target and drug metabolizing proteins could explain the development of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. So ...

Epilepsy is one of the disorders with chronic, recurrent and sudden changes in neurological function due to electrical dysfunction of brain. Previous studies have indicated that this disorder may affect the quality of life and could change it. The aim of this study was evaluation of life quality in children with epileptic diseases. This is a cohort and clinical trial study. Demographic data inc...