Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) need to be differentiated from epileptic seizures as the management varies for both. Presence of tongue biting, falling and urinary incontinence favors a diagnosis of epileptic seizures. We report two children with features suggestive of epileptic seizures that were eventually diagnosed as PNES with the help of video-EEG monitoring.

Children with epileptic encephalopathy often have global impairment of brain function and frequent intractable seizures, which contribute further to their developmental disability. Many of these children have identifiable brain lesion on neurological imaging. In such cases, epilepsy surgery may be considered as a treatment option despite the lack of localized epileptic pattern on electroencepha...

BACKGROUND Long-term antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy has been associated with metabolic consequences that lead to an increase in risk of atherosclerosis in patients with epilepsy. Earlier published studies showed conflicting results about the levels of hematological parameters, serum homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B12, in epileptics treated with phenytoin monotherapy. Therefore, we evaluate...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the anxiety and depression symptom severity in a group of epileptic children and compare the results to healthy controls. Additionally, the frequency of psychiatric disorders in epileptic children was also assessed. METHOD The study compared 30 children, ranging in age from 8 to 16 years with epileptic disorder who attended a children's neurology ...

We investigated the association of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) with epilepsy development and characteristics in children. This prospective case-control study included 40 epileptic children sex- age-matched controls. Epileptic had higher levels aCL compared to healthy controls (5.66 ± 5.41 versus 2.37 2.28; p value = 0.001). The novel finding elevated predicted response IVIg therapy (p 0.00...

Objectives: to describe preliminary data referred to epileptic seizures and the probability of occurring these epileptic seizures in the infants ́ first months of life with congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) syndrome. Methods: concurrent cohort study including newborns and infants with congenital Zika virus syndrome attended at the specialized outpatient clinic at IMIP, Recife, Pernambuco, from Octobe...

Objective: To study the socio-demographic characteristics of epileptic school children and the risk factors for epilepsy in the study area. Study Design: Case-Control study. Setting: Two primary and one preparatory school children, Assiut Governorate, Upper Egypt. Subjects: The target population were basic education (primary and preparatory schools) epileptic school children. Matched controls f...

Although treated properly for epilepsy, a number of epileptic children have intractable seizures and about 5-10 per cent of them do not respond to anti -epileptic drugs. In the years 1986-1996 about 10,000 epileptic patients were treated in the Children's Medical Center in Tehran. A retrospective study of their medical records revealed that 41 of them had intractable seizures. I Of these 4...

According to traditional Navajo belief, sibling incest causes grand ma1 seizures. A 10-year study of Navajo epileptics revealed that these patients generally led troubled lives. Epileptic women were raped, gave birth to illegitimate children, and actually committed incest, whereas epileptic men tended to attempt suicide and to drink heavily. In order to test the hypothesis that negative beliefs...

PURPOSE To assess the psychiatric diagnoses and outcome in children with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). METHODOLOGY This hospital based observational study was performed on 44 children aged <16 years, who suspected to have psychogenic non-epileptic seizures based on video-EEG, from August 2005 to August 2012. The parameters noted were the psychiatric diagnosis, co-morbidities, man...