... or rise in ictal frequency were documented. Twelve patients died during hospitalization and nine continued treatments as outpatients. The principal diagnosis was structural focal epilepsy. The daily dose of levetiracetam ranged from 1,000 mg to 3,000 mg, and the duration of treatment varied among subjects...

...Katrin Druschky; Jürgen Lorenz; Achim Druschky Background: Variation of spontaneous respiratory rates and influences of spontaneous and paced breathing rates on heart rate variability (HRV) were assessed in patients with epilepsy or migraine, and HRV parameters were compared between the groups...

... in the summer. The largest group suffered febrile convulsions (77%), followed by afebrile convulsions and epilepsy (11.2%), hypocalcaemia with or without rickets (5.7%), central nervous system infections (4.4%) and lead intoxication (0.8%). In nearly 40% of the children, the laboratory investigations were...

... to in the content or advertisements. 18 07 2007 24 09 2007 6 8 2008 Adrenergic mechanisms Enaminones Epilepsy Population spike Spontaneous bursts Original Paper Med Princ Pract 2008;17:365 372 DOI: 10.1159/000141499 Received: July 18, 2007 Revised: September 24, 2007 Norepinephrine...

...Femi Oyebode The neural basis of psychosis is yet to be fully elucidated. In this review the contribution of schizophrenia-like psychosis of epilepsy, delusional misidentification syndromes and psychotic phenomena, such as auditory and visual hallucinations, to our understanding of the neural basis...

... anticonvulsants were better tolerated than newer drugs. Tiagabine was the worst tolerated of all the drugs. Conclusion: Our findings show that patients with simple partial secondary generalized epilepsy had a greater benefit when a newer anticonvulsant was added to the treatment regimen. 15 09 2003 24...