epilepsy is one of the most common chronic disorders affecting individuals of all ages. a greater understanding of pathogenesis in epilepsy will likely provide the basis fundamental for development of new antiepileptic therapies that aim to prevent the epileptogenesis process or modify the progression of epilepsy in addition to treatment of epilepsy symptomatically. therefore, several investiga...

Introduction: Celiac disease can be associated with other diseases, including neurological disorders. In this study, the relationship between celiac disease and refractory epilepsy was evaluated in patients who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients with refractory epilepsy who were referred to the neurology clinic of Imam Khomeini Ho...

Background: Epilepsy is the second common neurologic disorder. Although many antiepileptic drugs have been formulated to control the seizures, but not all seizures have been controlled by them. Uncontrolled epilepsy can actually reduce the patients’ quality of life. Objectives: Identifying the proportion of adult intractable epilepsy among epileptic patients in an area in the North East o...

In 2019, the Act on Registration of Persons with Disabilities in South Korea was amended. However, there are several problems related to confirmation disability patients medically intractable epilepsy, and only a few have been registered. The revised regulations aim for customized welfare; however, epilepsy disadvantages as estimation degree disability. Epilepsy disorders should be judged based...

Background and Objectives: Epilepsy causes permanent stress due to its chronic nature. Consequently, it is necessary for mothers who have child with epilepsy to know anti-stress strategies and its related factors. Spiritual attitude is regarded as one of strategies to cope with stress. For this reason, this study was aimed to study the relation between spiritual attitude and coping strategies f...

epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. studies have demonstrated that genetic factors have a strong role in etiology of epilepsy. mutations in genes encoding ion channels, neurotransmitters and other proteins involved in the neuronal biology have been recognized in different types of this disease. moreover, some chromosomal aberration including ring chromosomes will result i...

Epilepsy is a common neurological disease, which affects people of all ages. Patients often have deficits regarding their knowledge epilepsy. Many them recurrent seizures, psychosocial, and emotional problems report restrictions in daily living as result Meanwhile, variety psycho educational programs been developed with the intention to improve knowledge, coping epilepsy, quality life, complian...