Background and objectives:
 Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which the patient suffers with two or more unprovoked seizures. It one of most common disorders worldwide, affecting than 70 million people. Currently various modes effective treatments are available, but still there many cases that remain drug resistant. Hence, need to explore herbal medications for treatment resistant epi...

In patients with refractory epilepsy, evaluation of epilepsy surgery should be part the diagnostic work-up. Epilepsy and are common in people intellectual disability. Therefore, its chances success risks has to discussed. The presurgical procedures may have adapted patientʼs cognitive emotional abilities. Whether disabilities experience postoperative seizure freedom less frequently, yet determi...

how to cite this article: sayemiri k, tavan h, sayemiri f, mohammadi i, carson kv. prevalence of epilepsy in iran : a meta-analysis and systematic review. iran j child neurol. 2014 autumn; 8(4):9-17. abstract objective epilepsy is one of the most common diseases in iran contributing to an array of health problems. in light of this, the aim of the present study is to examine the prevalence of ep...

The most common type of childhood-onset epilepsy syndrome is childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) with well-defined electro clinical features but unknown pathological basis. The incidence of absence epilepsy is about 2 and 8 out of every 100 000 children up to the age of 16, and the prevalence is 2 and 10% of children with any form of epilepsy. Children with CAE suffer from high rate of pretreatmen...

Background: Breath holding spells (BHS) are paroxysmal events with apnea and postural tone with Electrocardiography (ECG) abnormality and epilepsy status reports. The study aimed to compare the ECG parameters’ in epilepsy and breath-holding children compared with healthy children. Materials and Methods: </st...

Based on the fact that main symptom of epilepsy, seizures, depends not only state brain, but also irritability muscles, latter being - as shown by experiments animals and observations in humans depending, inter alia, activity adrenal glands, Fischer proposed epilepsy to remove surgically.

ObjectiveEpilepsy is a condition associated with high levels of stigma. Quality life (QoL) reportedly diminished in people epilepsy worldwide. The purpose our study was to describe and compare the self-reported QoL imagining epilepsy.MethodsIn this exploratory, observational study, global quality perception assessed through single question (Q1 QOLIE-31), consisting 0–10 points- Likert scale. An...

Background: Drug-resistant epilepsy can be defined as the existence of seizures within 6 months, despite adequate therapy regimens with one or more antiepileptic drugs. Epilepsy surgery has been standard to help those patients who suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy. The goal this is halt reduce intensity seizures. This literature review aims provide an overview existing surgical procedures for...

AIMS Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a frequent comorbidity in pediatric epilepsy. Although sleep problems are commonly reported in both children with primary ADHD and epilepsy, those with epilepsy-ADHD comorbidity have not been well studied. This study aimed to compare sleep problems among three groups of children: 1) children with epilepsy, 2) children with epilepsy and ADH...