Standards for epidemiologic studies and surveillance of epilepsy

DJ Thurman, E Beghi, CE Begley, AT Berg… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, about 65 million people are estimated to have epilepsy. Epidemiologic studies
are necessary to define the full public health burden of epilepsy; to set public health and …

Treatment of epilepsy in children with developmental disabilities

DFT Depositario‐Cabacar… - Developmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Children with developmental disabilities are at increased risk for epilepsy with a prevalence
rate higher than the general population. Some of the more common developmental …

Epilepsy, intellectual disability, and living environment: a critical review

W van Blarikom, IY Tan, AP Aldenkamp… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2006 - Elsevier
Epilepsy occurs at a higher incidence and is more prevalent in people with an intellectual
disability than in the general population. Nonetheless, we have insufficient knowledge of the …

Comparative efficacy of combination drug therapy in refractory epilepsy

NP Poolos, LN Warner, SZ Humphreys, S Williams - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We retrospectively examined treatment records of developmentally disabled
adults with highly refractory epilepsy to determine whether any combinations of 8 of the most …

Dental management of special needs patients who have epilepsy

MR Robbins - Dental Clinics of North America, 2009 - Elsevier
Patients who have developmental disabilities and epilepsy can be safely treated in a
general dental practice. A thorough medical history should be taken and updated at every …

Lack of an effect of valproate concentration on lamotrigine pharmacokinetics in developmentally disabled patients with epilepsy

BE Gidal, GD Anderson, PR Rutecki, R Shaw… - Epilepsy research, 2000 - Elsevier
Purpose: to describe the population pharmacokinetics of lamotrigine (LTG) in
developmentally disabled (DD) patients with epilepsy and (2) to determine if there is an …

Lamotrigine as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory epilepsy and mental retardation

JR McKee, TR Sunder, R FineSmith, A Vuong… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2003 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the effects of lamotrigine as adjunctive therapy for refractory epilepsy in
patients with mental retardation. Patients with epilepsy and mental retardation having …

[HTML][HTML] The retention of lacosamide in patients with epilepsy and intellectual disability in three specialised institutions

J Brenner, HJM Majoie, S van Beek, JA Carpay - Seizure, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose We describe the effectiveness of lacosamide as adjunctive therapy in patients with
epilepsy and an intellectual disability. This information is relevant, as few data exist …

Are children affected by epileptic neuropsychiatric comorbidities?

VC Terra, L de Paola, CE Silvado - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
Childhood-onset epilepsy is associated with psychiatric and cognitive difficulties and with
poor social outcomes in adulthood. Some antiepileptic drugs adversely affect behavior in …

Synergistic effect of valproate coadministration and hypoalbuminemia on the serum-free phenytoin concentration in patients with severe motor and intellectual …

K Mamiya, E Yukawa, T Matsumoto… - Clinical …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
We investigated whether a combination of risk factors affects the free phenytoin (PHT)
fraction by multiple regression analyses in 30 patients with severe motor and intellectual …