R. Michelucci, MD O. Mecarelli, MD G. Bovo, MSc F. Bisulli, MD S. Testoni, MD P. Striano, MD S. Striano, MD P. Tinuper, MD C. Nobile, PhD A DE NOVO LGI1 MUTATION CAUSING IDIOPATHIC PARTIAL EPILEPSY WITH TELEPHONE-INDUCED SEIZURES Telephone-induced seizures have recently been described as a distinct form of idiopathic reflex epilepsy in which seizures are repeatedly and exclusively triggered by ...

epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic diseases around the world and more significantly in iran (0.4-1 % worldwide and 5% in iran). almost one-third of these patients suffer from treatment-resistant epilepsy, which reduces their quality of life by recurring epileptic onsets. there are different approaches for the treatment of both treatment-resistant and treatment-nonresistant epilepsy, ...

Epilepsy affects 1 to 2% of the population and partial epilepsies account for approximately 40% of all epilepsies in adults. Of these, up to 30% may be resistant to medical treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). In the past, physicians, including many neurologists, have considered epilepsy surgery the treatment of last resort for patients with partial epilepsies. The average duration of sur...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic diseases. Despite improved diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities seizures remain refractory in more than 30% of patients with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to analyze the possible predictive factors for the development of pharmacoresistance in cryptogenic partial complex epilepsy. Patients were divided into two groups based on the number of...

Partial-onset epilepsies account for about 60% of all adult epilepsy cases, and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common type of partial epilepsy referred for epilepsy surgery and often refractory to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Little is known about the epidemiology of TLE, because it requires advanced neuroimaging, positive EEG, and appropriate clinical semiology to confirm the diagnosi...

Of the 1,200,000 Americans with partial epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) occurs in more than 400,000. Temporal lobe seizures are usually stereotypic in their symptoms and duration. A typical sequence is an aura followed by arrest of motor behavior, blank stare, and automatisms. Patients with TLE often show impairments in attention, memory, mental processing speed, executive functions, moo...

how to cite this article: mollamohammadi m, tonekaboni sh, pirzadeh z, vahedian m . pregabalin in childhood epilepsy: a clinical trialiran j child neurol. 2014 autumn;8(4): 62-65. abstract objective the prevalence of active epilepsy is about 0.5–1%, and approximately 70% of patients are cured with first anti-epileptic drugs and the remaining patients need multiple drugs. pregabalin as an add-on...

Partial epilepsy comprises simple partial seizures, complex partial seizures, and secondarily generalized seizures, and covers more than 60% of patients with epilepsy. Antiepileptic drugs are generally considered to be the major therapeutic intervention for epilepsy but, despite a broad range of commonly used antiepileptic drugs, approximately 30% of adult patients and approximately 25% of chil...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to explore the efficacy of low dose of oxcarbazepine (OXC) in adult patients with newly diagnosed partial epilepsy in an actual clinical setting. The associated factors influencing the poor control of seizures were also evaluated. METHODS The epilepsy database (2010-2014) from the Epilepsy Clinic of West China Hospital was retrospectively reviewed. RE...