…has not responded to standard anti-epilepsy medicines (refractory epilepsy). TSC is a rare genetic condition affecting 1 in 6,000 people that can lead to growths in various organs of the…
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…as: “Is epilepsy arising from right or left temporal lobes?” The merits of stereotactic EEG, with its ability to detect epilepsy from the depths were compared to the broader but…
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The charity, Young Epilepsy, has launched a new online resource for education professionals, which provides access to information and practical tools enabling them to better support the children with epilepsy…
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…Neurologists to learn from. Whereas standard epilepsy texts focus on diagnosis, classification, investigation, and treatment (all briefly touched upon here), this book has more to say about epilepsy in the…
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This book shares a title with the one-day course, which Dr Donnelly has also reviewed here. The Comorbidities of Epilepsy is a sweeping view of the myriad links between epilepsy, and…
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…Epilepsy therapies symposium followed with an update on new therapies for hard to treat epilepsy. The day was rounded off with the North American Commission Symposium Treatment of Epilepsy in…
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…covered sexual dysfunction and epilepsy. This is an under explored area, and appears to be more common in patients with epilepsy, particularly temporal lobe epilepsy. Anti epileptic medications can also…
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…brain using EEG that is routinely collected when seeking to diagnose epilepsy. From these models the risk of epilepsy can be quickly determined. In contrast, multiple EEG recordings are often…
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Epilepsy can be a challenge to the non-specialist. The classification of wide-ranging, apparently mysterious epilepsy syndromes threatens to baffle any clinician. Stepping in to the breach comes ‘Seizures and Epilepsy’….
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