...Abdulla Watad; Shmuel Tiosano; Nicola Luigi Bragazzi; Francesco Brigo; Doron Comaneshter; Arnon D. Cohen; Howard Amital Objective: Epilepsy is characterized by a relevant epidemiological and clinical burden. In the extant literature, an increased risk of seizures has been described in several...

...Gaetano Procaccianti; Anna Zaniboni; Francesca Rondelli; Michela Crisci; Tommaso Sacquegna Background and Purpose: Studies on post-stroke seizures have produced conflicting results. Our study aim was to further elucidate the incidence and predictive factors of early post-stroke seizures (ES...

...Seye Abimbola; Alexandra L.C. Martiniuk; Maree L. Hackett; Craig S. Anderson Remission while on anti-epileptic drug (AED) therapy and remission off AED are the only prognostic criteria defined by the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE), defining remission as 5 seizure-free years. Prognosis...

... neurological conditions. Methods: We compared mind-body use between adults with and without common neurological conditions (regular headaches, migraines, back pain with sciatica, strokes, dementia, seizures or memory loss) using the 2007 National Health Interview Survey of 23,393 sampled American adults...

...Alan Leviton; Linda D. Cowan This report reviews what is currently known concerning the distribution and determinants of epilepsy in pediatric populations. Data on the magnitude of specific types of seizure disorders are presented, together with current information about the etiology, prognosis...

...Alan Leviton; Linda D. Cowan This report reviews what is currently known concerning the distribution and determinants of epilepsy in pediatric populations. Data on the magnitude of specific types of seizure disorders are presented, together with current information about the etiology, prognosis...

...Vilhjálmur Rafnsson; Elias Ólafsson; W. Allen Hauser; Gunnar Gudmundsson Purpose: To determine the cause-specific mortality relative to that expected in a population-based incidence cohort of people with unprovoked seizures. Methods: The cohort comprises 224 inhabitants of Iceland first diagnosed...

...M.B.M. Sundaram 67 consecutive, unselected patients with seizure onset after the age of 60 were studied prospectively in a general hospital with only neurosciences facilities for a population of 500,000. Investigations in most cases included CT scan of the brain and EEG. Etiology could...

...Richard Neugebauer Daily diaries are used widely in neurologic research and clinical practice to assess alterations in seizure frequency among patients with epilepsy. However, no formal tests of the reliability of this data collection method have been performed. We investigated the reliability...

...Gerald M. Oppenheimer; Richard Neugebauer; Susan Zayac; Mervyn Susser Epidemiologic studies of seizure disorders among US blacks and inner city residents are rare. Employing a case-control design, this investigation used the emergency room records of Harlem Hospital in New York City to examine...