Precision medicine for genetic epilepsy on the horizon: Recent advances, present challenges, and suggestions for continued progress

JK Knowles, I Helbig, CS Metcalf, LS Lubbers… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The genetic basis of many epilepsies is increasingly understood, giving rise to the possibility
of precision treatments tailored to specific genetic etiologies. Despite this, current medical …

Precision medicine and therapies of the future

SM Sisodiya - Epilepsia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Precision medicine in the epilepsies has gathered much attention, especially with gene
discovery pushing forward new understanding of disease biology. Several targeted …

[HTML][HTML] From molecules to medicines: the dawn of targeted therapies for genetic epilepsies

ST Demarest, A Brooks-Kayal - Nature reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
Precision medicine is the treatment of patients with therapy targeted to their specific
pathophysiology. This lofty ideal currently has limited application in clinical practice …

Tackling epilepsy with high-definition precision medicine: a review

H Kearney, S Byrne, GL Cavalleri, N Delanty - JAMA neurology, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Various types of epilepsy are a leading cause of neurological disability
worldwide; they have in common a propensity to recurrent unprovoked seizures. There is …

Personalized medicine in genetic epilepsies–possibilities, challenges, and new frontiers

I Helbig, CA Ellis - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Identifying the optimal treatment based on specific characteristics of each patient is the main
promise of precision medicine. In the field of epilepsy, the identification of more than 100 …

From next-generation sequencing to targeted treatment of non-acquired epilepsies

RS Møller, TB Hammer, G Rubboli… - Expert Review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Within the last decade, next-generation sequencing (NGS) has resulted in
remarkable advances in the field of epilepsy genetics. NGS has become a routine part of the …

Real-life survey of pitfalls and successes of precision medicine in genetic epilepsies

S Balestrini, D Chiarello, M Gogou… - Journal of Neurology …, 2021 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective The term 'precision medicine'describes a rational treatment strategy tailored to one
person that reverses or modifies the disease pathophysiology. In epilepsy, single case and …

[HTML][HTML] From genetic testing to precision medicine in epilepsy

P Striano, BA Minassian - Neurotherapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Epilepsy includes a number of medical conditions with recurrent seizures as common
denominator. The large number of different syndromes and seizure types as well as the …

Advancing epilepsy genetics in the genomic era

CT Myers, HC Mefford - Genome medicine, 2015 - Springer
Epilepsy is a group of disorders characterized by recurrent seizures, and is one of the most
common neurological conditions. The genetic basis of epilepsy is clear from epidemiological …

Recent advances in epilepsy genetics

A Orsini, F Zara, P Striano - Neuroscience letters, 2018 - Elsevier
In last few years there has been rapid increase in the knowledge of epilepsy genetics.
Nowadays, it is estimated that genetic epilepsies include over than 30% of all epilepsy …