normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa approximately 1% of all pregnancies are in woman with epilepsy. although, the majority of children born to women with epilepsy are normal, they are at increased risk for malformations. notably, the teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs is a well-defined subject. the incidence of major malformations in offspring of mothers with epilepsy who were trea...

In March 2012 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report, Epilepsy Across The Spectrum: Promoting Health and Understanding. This report examined the public health dimensions of the epilepsies with a focus on the following four areas: public health surveillance and data collection and integration; population and public health research; health policy, health care, and human services; and...

how to cite this article: barzegar m, sayadnasiri m, tabrizi a. epilepsy as a rare neurologic manifestation of oculodentodigitalis dysplasia. iran j child neurol 2012; 6(3): 39-43. oculodentodigitalis dysplasia (oddd) is an extremely rare inherited disorderinvolving the development of the face, eyes, teeth and limbs. in addition,some patients develop neurological problems mostly a spastic parap...

how to cite this article: asadi-pooya aa, emami m. effects of antiepileptic drugs on electroencephalographic findings inpatients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. iranian journal of child neurology 2011;5(4):33-36. objective several antiepileptic drugs (aeds) such as phenobarbital (pb), carbamazepine (cbz), and valproate (vpa) may suppress interictal epileptiform activity. we investigated t...

objective to determine the role of ketogenic diet in the treatment of intractable epilepsy in children. materials & methods sixty six consecutive children (1-16 years old) with intractable epilepsy whose seizure were not neurodegenerative nor febrile in origin were recruited. they received the ketogenic diet and we evaluated its effect on seizure frequency for 3 months. all these children had m...

sleep plays a vital role in regulating physiological mechanisms in the human body. nowadays, by the change of lifestyle and as a consequence of longer work hours and increased accessibility to media, sleep disturbance becomes a common problem in modern society. many studies demonstrated that sleep disturbance triggers a systemic low-grade inflammation by increasing the level of several cytokine...

introduction: self-care is an important process in the control of chronic diseases especially epilepsy. the aim of this study was to investigate the self-care situation and the affecting factors on it in patients with epilepsy living in isfahan. method: in this sectional study, 320 patients were chosen with large seizures clientele by simple random sampling from hospitals (hospitals that accept...

how to cite this article: allahdin s, khademvatan s, rafiei a, momen aa, rafiei r. frequency of toxoplasma and toxocara sp. antibodies in epileptic patients, in south western iran. iran j child neurol. autumn 2015;9(4):32-40. abstract objective epilepsy is a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate seizures. infectious agents are mentioned in its etiology. w...

a b s t r a c t introduction: epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder in which patients experience spontaneous recurrent seizures. although the most commonly recommended therapy is drug treatment, some patients do not achieve adequate control of their seizures on existing drugs. new medications with novel mechanisms of action are needed to help those patients whose seizures are resistant to...

Epilepsy is accompanied with a strong change in neuronal activity not only in excitatory (glutamatergic) and inhibitory (GABAergic) neurotransmission, but also in neuromodulatory agents. Dopaminergic system, as an important neuromodulatory system of the brain, has significant effect on neuronal excitability. In addition, this system undergoes many changes in epileptic brain. Understanding the e...