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 …

Pharmacoresistance–Epidemiology, mechanisms, and impact on epilepsy treatment

M Janmohamed, MJ Brodie, P Kwan - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the natural history of and factors associated with pharmacoresistant epilepsy
provides the foundation for formulating mechanistic hypotheses that can be evaluated to …

Neuroimaging of epilepsy

F Cendes, WH Theodore, BH Brinkmann, V Sulc… - Handbook of clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Imaging is pivotal in the evaluation and management of patients with seizure disorders.
Elegant structural neuroimaging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may assist in …

Long-term outcome of epilepsy surgery among 399 patients with nonlesional seizure foci including mesial temporal lobe sclerosis

AA Cohen-Gadol, BG Wilhelmi, F Collignon… - Journal of …, 2006 - thejns.org
Object The authors reviewed the long-term outcome of focal resection in a large group of
patients who had intractable partial nonlesional epilepsy, including mesial temporal lobe …

Imaging in the surgical treatment of epilepsy

JS Duncan - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2010 - nature.com
Medically refractory focal epilepsy is potentially curable by surgery. This Review considers
the application of recent advances in structural and functional brain imaging to increase the …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of MRI, PET, and ictal SPECT in presurgical evaluation of non-lesional pediatric epilepsy

C Juhász, F John - Seizure, 2020 - Elsevier
Children with epilepsy and normal structural MRI pose a particular challenge in localization
of epileptic foci for surgical resection. Many of these patients have subtle structural lesions …

[图书][B] Biomedical technology and devices handbook

G Zouridakis - 2003 - taylorfrancis.com
Concise yet comprehensive, the Biomedical Technology and Devices Handbook illuminates
the equipment, devices, and techniques used in modern medicine to diagnose, treat, and …

Subtraction peri-ictal SPECT is predictive of extratemporal epilepsy surgery outcome

TJ O'brien, EL So, BP Mullan, GD Cascino, MF Hauser… - Neurology, 2000 - AAN Enterprises
Article abstract Objectives: To determine whether localization of extratemporal epilepsy with
subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered with MRI (SISCOM) is predictive of outcome after …

The role of radionuclide imaging in epilepsy, part 1: sporadic temporal and extratemporal lobe epilepsy

A Kumar, HT Chugani - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
Epilepsy is one of the most common yet diverse neurologic disorders, affecting almost 1%–
2% of the population. Presently, radionuclide imaging such as PET and SPECT is not used …

Video‐EEG monitoring in adults

GD Cascino - Epilepsia, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The routine EEG study may prove inadequate in selected patients with recurrent and
unprovoked seizures. Video‐EEG monitoring is an important diagnostic innovation that may …