Four things are clear when working with these families. Firstly, that they present all the patterns of maladjustment of the children in the General Clinic. Secondly, that the degree of disturbance in the child seems much more related to the degree of disturbance in the parents and in the general social situation, than to the severity of the epilepsy. Thirdly, that all the mothers, even the stab...

This review reports on the past, current and potential future developments in aspects of the ketogenic diet in epilepsy treatment for children who have refractory epilepsy (uncontrolled seizures after having tried at least two anti-epileptic drugs). The ketogenic diet is based on putting the body into ketosis, so that is uses ketones rather than glucose for the energy in the brain. The diet com...

BACKGROUND There is an increasing attention towards the relationship between oxidative stress and epilepsy. The effect of antiepileptic drugs on oxidant status is of major interest. Antiepileptic drugs can increase levels of free radicals, which consequently might lead to seizures. Carbamazepine (CBZ) is an antiepileptic drug commonly used in childhood and adolescence. OBJECTIVES Therefore we...

At the Lingfield Colony for Epileptics in Surrey, England, we have 255 children between the ages of five and sixteen attending our Residential Special School. They are sent here by Local Education Authorities from all parts of England, who pay a weekly fee to cover education, maintenance, medical treatment and clothing. Only " educable" children are admitted, or retained, an intelligence quotie...

Differentiating an epileptic seizure from some other paroxysmal event is a common challenge in clinical practice. Many paroxysmal events mimic epileptic seizures and misdiagnosis can have disastrous consequences. Incorrectly identifying an event as an epileptic seizure can lead to unnecessary investigations and instigation of inappropriate treatment regimes. We report five patients referred to ...

There is growing evidence that brain networks are altered in epileptic subjects. In this study, we investigated the functional connectivity and brain network properties of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes using graph theory. Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes is the most common form of idiopathic epilepsy in young children under the age of 16 years. High-de...

how to cite this article: mahyar a, ayazi p, dalirani r, hosseini sm, daneshi kohan mm. serum thyroid hormone levels in epileptic children receiving anticonvulsivedrugs. iranian journal of child neurology 2011;5(4):21-24. objective the aim of this study was to investigate serum thyroid hormone levels in epileptic children receiving anticonvulsive drugs. materials & methods in this case- control...

Cognitive functions evaluated by P300 and visual and auditory number assays in children with childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms (CEOP) Case Reports Is primidone the drug of choice for epileptic patients with QT-prolongation? A comprehensive analysis of literature

Background:Many studies showed that epileptic seizures occur more commonly in childhood stage. Mostchildren occur, during the school day. During this seizure, child requires immediatefirst aid for an seizure. Aim: The study aimed to evaluate effect of Child-to-Child Approach ofPrimary School Children Regarding Epileptic Seizures First Aids. Design: A quasi – experimental design(one group pre an...

Epileptic nystagmus (EN) is a quick, repetitive jerky movement of the eyeball caused by seizure activity, unaccompanied by other ictal phenomena rare. Here, we described two cases, one characterized by binocular and the other by monocular isolated epileptic nystagmus (IEN), and we identified the characteristics of the etiology, clinical manifestations, electroencephalogram, imaging, treatment a...