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Epilepsy
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education, 2010

First Seizure in Adulthood: Overview
EMedicine Neurology, 2011

Status Epilepticus: Evaluation and Management
Consultant for Pediatricians, 2008

Clinical Evidence Handbook: Epilepsy
American Academy of Family Physicians, 2009
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April 16, 2013
Continuous EEG Opens "Window to the Brain"
An hour of continuous EEG monitoring can identify seiaures among patients with spells and altered mental status. Spells just before EEG spell out a worse prognosis. More »
February 6, 2013
Chronic Migraine and Epilepsy Study: Stigma Still Attached
Stigma correlated most strongly with inability to work and was greater for chronic migraine than for epilepsy or episodic migraine. More »
November 7, 2012
MRI and EEG After Seizure May ID Children’s Epilepsy Risk
Physicians may be able to identify children at risk for epilepsy if they undergo EEG and MRI within days of having a febrile seizure. More »
September 12, 2012
Routine EEG Aids Sleep Apnea Diagnosis
Electroencephalograms can help predict which patients with apparent sleep apnea should be assessed with polysomnography. More »
June 18, 2012
Childhood Absence Epilepsy: 5 Things Pediatricians Need to Know
Childhood absence epilepsy is distinct from partial epilepsy and is often misdiagnosed as ADD/ADHD. It is one of the most common types of pediatric seizure. More »
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Resection of the epileptogenic lesion abolishes seizures and reduces inflammatory cytokines of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
pubmed.gov - 1/14/13
Epilepsy in adult X-linked adrenoleucodystrophy due to the deletion c.1415-1416delAG in exon 5 of the ABCD1-gene.
pubmed.gov - 1/14/13
Rhythm and blues: animal models of epilepsy and depression comorbidity.
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Is it epilepsy? Making a correct diagnosis.
pubmed.gov - 1/13/13
Identification of MRI1, encoding translation initiation factor eIF-2B subunit alpha/beta/delta-like protein, as a candidate locus for infantile epilepsy with severe cystic degeneration of the brain.
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PatientResources

About Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation

 

Epilepsy
Medline Plus (National Institutes of Health)

 

Epilepsy
Mayo Clinic

 

Epilepsy Information Page
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Febrile Seizures Fact Sheet
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

 

Seizures
Medline Plus (National Institutes of Health)