PURPOSE Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are more prevalent among women. We investigated the potential differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of PNES between women and men. METHODS In this prospective study, all patients with a clinical diagnosis of PNES (based on ictal recordings) were recruited at the outpatient epilepsy clinic at Shiraz University of Medical Scien...

Epilepsy surgery has become an important treatment option in patients with medically refractory epilepsy. The ability to precisely localize the epileptogenic zone is crucial for surgical success. The tools available for localization of the epileptogenic zone are limited. Seizure semiology is a simple and cost effective tool that allows localization of the symptomatogenic zone which either overl...

OBJECT Seizures are the most frequent presenting symptom in patients with low-grade gliomas (LGGs), and significantly influence quality of life if they are uncontrolled. Achieving freedom from seizures is of utmost importance in surgical planning, but the factors associated with seizure control remain incompletely understood. METHODS The authors performed a systematic literature review of sei...

PURPOSE To determine the clinical characteristics of somatosensory auras (SSA) and analyse features of seizure semiology predictive for localization in focal neocortical and limbic epilepsy. METHODS This study analyses the clinical, video-EEG and MRI imaging features of 75 consecutive patients with focal epilepsy who described somatosensory auras at seizure onset to determine the frequency an...

Malformations of cortical development (MCD) have been increasingly recognized as an important cause of intractable epilepsy. The aim of our study was to define epileptogenicity of MCDs by correlating MRI, EEG and semiology of epileptic attacks, and to determine the effect of MCD on drug resistant epilepsy. We also intended to reveal the utility of interictal single photo emission computed tomog...

This paper proposes a novel strategy of designing play equipments. The strategy introduces two loose constraints as a guideline for designers. The first constraint is “describing unit of play action chain” 〈O, S,V〉 based on Barthes’ semiology, and the second is the infomorphism between designer, play equipment, and players based on channel theory. We provide detailed explanation of the strategy...

Seizures are a common and potentially devastating clinical problem in small animal practice. Epidemiologic studies indicate that epilepsy affects approximately 5% of the canine population, and 60% of canine epileptics will experience status epilepticus (SE) or other emergent seizure semiology in their lifetime. Seizures disorders, including status epilepticus, are among the most common presenti...