AIM To delineate a possible correlation between clinical course and EEG abnormalities in non-infectious "smoldering" limbic encephalitis. METHODS Long-term clinical data, including video-EEG monitoring records, were analysed in two patients. RESULTS The two patients were positive for anti-voltage-gated potassium channel complex antibody and unspecified antineuronal antibody, respectively. T...

febrile seizure is the most common form of childhood seizures that occur in 2-5% of them. the purpose of this study was to compare serum sodium level in first simple, multiple and recurrent febrile con-vulsions to answer whether serum sodium levels can predict febrile seizure recurrence in 24 hours and in other febrile episodes? in a retrospective study, sodium serum levels of all children aged...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate seizure outcome following epilepsy surgery for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and evaluate is gender and race/ethnicity influence it. METHODS Data were obtained from the discharge database of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Epilepsy Center, between 1985 and 2001. The sample consisted of all patients with a primary diagnosis of medically intractable tempora...

The major purpose of this study was to outline and differentiate diagnostic and therapeutic conditions for the usefulness of psychological approaches in controlling nocturnal epileptic seizures. Data on 70 patients (12 'own', 58 from other studies) were evaluated which suggest that at least one psychological approach was primarily responsible for improving nocturnal seizure control. Outcome-rel...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and nature of self-perceived seizure precipitants in epilepsy patients, and evaluate whether anxiety level, depression, or health locus of control influence self-perception of seizure precipitants. METHODS Adults aged 18 and older who had epilepsy for at least 1 year were recruited in either the inpatient epilepsy monitoring uni...

Intractable epilepsy is commonly believed to be the main cause of uncontrolled seizures and hospitalization in epileptic patients. We study frequency and types of potential provocative factors in epileptic patients admitted with seizures, and suggest methods to decrease seizure occurrence and hospitalization. Over 6 months we prospectively studied all epileptic patients hospitalized for seizure...

OBJECTIVES The risk of recurrence following a first-ever seizure is 40-50%, warranting driving restriction during the early period of highest risk. This restriction must be balanced against the occupational, educational and social limitations that result from patients being ineligible to drive. The recommended duration of non-driving after a first seizure varies widely between jurisdictions, in...

Many types of electrographic seizures are readily identifiable by direct visual examination of electroencephalographic or electrocorticographic recordings. This process can, however, be painstakingly slow, and much effort has been expended to automate the process using various dynamic properties of epileptiform waveforms. As methods have become more subtle and powerful they have been used for s...