Adult epilepsy

AA Asadi-Pooya, F Brigo, S Lattanzi, I Blumcke - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy is a common medical condition that affects people of all ages, races, social classes,
and geographical regions. Diagnosis of epilepsy remains clinical, and ancillary …

Epilepsy in adults

RD Thijs, R Surges, TJ O'Brien, JW Sander - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy is one of the most common serious brain conditions, affecting over 70 million
people worldwide. Its incidence has a bimodal distribution with the highest risk in infants and …

Epilepsy: new advances

SL Moshé, E Perucca, P Ryvlin, T Tomson - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy affects 65 million people worldwide and entails a major burden in seizure-related
disability, mortality, comorbidities, stigma, and costs. In the past decade, important advances …

Management of epilepsy in adolescents and adults

MJ Brodie, JA French - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological disorder affecting an estimated 50 million
people worldwide. Particular focus should be placed on a safe diagnosis, seizure and …

The long-term outcome of adult epilepsy surgery, patterns of seizure remission, and relapse: a cohort study

J De Tisi, GS Bell, JL Peacock, AW McEvoy… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Surgery is increasingly used as treatment for refractory focal epilepsy; however,
few rigorous reports of long-term outcome exist. We did this study to identify long-term …

Adult epilepsy

JS Duncan, JW Sander, SM Sisodiya, MC Walker - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
The epilepsies are one of the most common serious brain disorders, can occur at all ages,
and have many possible presentations and causes. Although incidence in childhood has …

Epilepsy in later life

MJ Brodie, AT Elder, P Kwan - The Lancet Neurology, 2009 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy is most likely to develop in later life. The burden of this disorder on health-care
resources will rise further as the world's population continues to age. Making a secure …

Intractable epilepsy: management and therapeutic alternatives

SU Schuele, HO Lüders - The Lancet Neurology, 2008 - thelancet.com
More than half of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy achieve complete seizure control
without major side-effects. Patients who continue to have seizures after initial medical …

The pharmacological treatment of epilepsy in adults

E Perucca, T Tomson - The lancet neurology, 2011 - thelancet.com
Treatment decisions in epilepsy need to be individualised on the basis of careful analysis of
the risk-benefit ratio of each available option. Key decision steps include the time at which …

Epilepsy in children

R Guerrini - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
Summary 10· 5 million children worldwide are estimated to have active epilepsy. Over the
past 15 years, syndrome-oriented clinical and EEG diagnosis, and better aetiological …