Seizures exacerbated by antiepileptic drugs in children [2010] - 98KB
by LC Ong
There is growing evidence that antiepileptic drugs used in children that are meant to control seizures can actually cause seizure exacerbate instead. To minimize this problem, clinicians should be fam...

Surgical treatment of chronic epilepsy with intracranial neoplasm and vascular lesion [2010] - 93KB
by JK Lee
The surgical treatment of epilepsy patients can be divided into various resection methods such as simple excision, lesionectomy, and lesionectomy plus cortisectomy. Recently, radiosurgery is included ...

Surgical treatment of hypothalamic hamartoma [2010] - 166KB
by YS Park, YH Lee, KW Shim, DS Kim
Hypothalamic hamartomas are often associated with early onset gelastic seizures, precocious puberty, behavioral problem and suboptimal response to antiepiletptic drugs. Until now, four surgical option...

Overcoming the stigma of epilepsy [2010] - 101KB
by M Hills
A prime difficulty facing all people with epilepsy is dealing with the stigma which is associated with it in almost all societies. Stigma arises from the perception of difference from the norm, partic...

Sports and safety in epilepsy [2010] - 101KB
by KS Lim
Sport is important not only in normal healthy populations, but also in persons with medical illness, physical or mental disabilities. Active participation in sports is beneficial physically and psycho...

Ethical issues of using placebo in antiepileptic drugs trials in Asia [2010] - 112KB
by BI Lee
Any human trials should be designed and conducted within the ethical framework of the “Declaration of Helsinki” stating that any new agent must be tested against standard, proven therapies when av...

Ethics in the genetics of epilepsy: What are the pros and cons? [2010] - 99KB
by S Jain
Genetic data and tools offer enormous potential benefits to humankind but raise significant societal concerns as well. As the impact of the new genetics grows, we can expect the society to be increasi...

Internet and antiepileptic drug trials: What are the ethical issues [2010] - 89KB
by P Bergin
The Internet allows doctors to share patient-data in a way that has not previously been possible. This offers the opportunity to undertake collaborative research, by bringing together large numbers of...

The prevalence of epilepsy in a rural district of Vietnam: A population-based study from the EPIBAVI Project [2010] - 78KB
by TN Anh, CL Quang, P Allebeck, CNT Kim, HE Persson, T Tomson
Objective: Epidemiological studies of epilepsy from developing countries are scarce. We have therefore initiated a population-based epidemiological project in Vietnam, EPIBAVI, with the overall object...

Use of the new ILAE axis classification in a pediatric epilepsy clinic in the Indian subcontinent [2010] - 84KB
by K Srivastava, S Rajadhyaksha, N Yardi, S Lalwani, S Garg
Background and Objective: One of the authors (SR) had earlier classified cases of pediatric epilepsy as per the syndromic classification 1989.1 Our intention was to see whether the new axis scheme add...