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Paper cited: Ji, G et al. “A generalized epilepsy network derived from brain abnormalities and deep brain stimulation” Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57392-7 ...
The SANAD II generalized epilepsy study included 520 people with two or more generalized or unclassifiable seizures recruited from April 2013 to August 2016 and randomized 1:1 to either ...
More frequent seizures during the menstrual cycle in women with genetic generalized epilepsy have been linked for the first time to drug-resistant epilepsy, when anti-seizure medications don't ...
For patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, there are currently no other treatments available other than anti-seizure medications, which unfortunately do not always fully control seizures ...
According to one study, the prevalence of EEM among patients with epilepsy is around 1.2% and 2.7%. Another study found that 12 of 601 (5.6%) of individuals with generalized epilepsy had EEM.
Among 2,214 persons with epilepsy, 7.5% had MDD, and 4% had generalized anxiety disorder. Those on valproic acid had the highest rates of MDD, while those on topiramate had the highest rates of GAD.
NEW ORLEANS — Compared to women with other types of epilepsy, those with frontal lobe epilepsy have the highest risk of seizures worsening during pregnancy, new research shows. Investigators ...
People with generalized epilepsy who have seizures arising from both sides of the brain simultaneously, have a higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) compared to patients who have focal ...
Early results from the PERPRISE study showed high retention and seizure-freedom rates among adults with focal or idiopathic generalized epilepsy who received perampanel as add-on therapy.