The role of epilepsy management guidelines in a developing country [2011] - 97KB
by S Jain
India is home to about 10 million people with epilepsy (prevalence of about 1%). The number of Epilepsy Specialists and Neurologists being very small in India, most people with epilepsy are being diag...

The Lao initiative on access to treatment for epilepsy [2011] - 147KB
by H Barennes, AN Harimanana, S Vorachit, P Chivorakoun
In Lao PDR research conducted over the last 7 years has highlighted the difficult challenges that the 52,000 patients living with epilepsy (PWE) have to face. Mortality and morbidity is high among unt...

Epilepsy and bone health [2011] - 85KB
by S Petty
Patients with epilepsy have in increased risk of fractures. The morbidity and mortality associated particularly with hip fractures make this an important clinical issue for patients with epilepsy. The...

The impact on cognition by phenobarbital in epilepsy treatment [2011] - 103KB
by Z Hong
Despite the development of successive generations of antiepileptic drugs, phenobarbital has retained a unique position in the therapeutic armamentarium and is still the most widely prescribed treatmen...

Defining drug-resistant epilepsy [2011] - 212KB
by P Kwan
Drug resistant epilepsy remains a major clinical challenge. Diverse criteria have been used to define drug resistance by different researchers, making it difficult or even impossible to compare the re...

Surgical approaches in nonlesional neocortical epilepsy [2011] - 163KB
by SK Lee
There is inherent difficulty in identifying the epileptogenic zone in nonlesional neocortical epilepsy, which leads to the incomplete resection. However, with careful interpretation of other studies i...

Surgical treatment of occipital epilepsy: Basic and clinical approach [2011] - 135KB
by T Tanaka, M Saito, M Sato, R Anei, Y Hayashi, S Hiroshima, R Orimoto, A Hododuka, K Hashizume, K Kamada
A kainic acid microinjection into unilateral occipital cortex induced an experimental model of occipital lobe epilepsy in cats and rats. Elicited focal seizures in the occipital cortex promptly propag...