… Shorvon has received research grants, or speakers or consultancy fees from Eisai,
Viropharma, Sage, and Takeda. He has no specific conflicts relevant to this work. Dr. …

Accurate diagnostic and case ascertainment methods area prerequisite for epidemiological
research. In epilepsy, a common problem is diagnostic accuracy as it can bediagnosed only …

Cerebral cortical dysgenesis (CD) is a heterogeneous disorder of cortical development and
organization commonly associated with epilepsy, with a variety of subtypes. We reviewed …

… The pain must last 1 s to 2 min, and have four of the following characteristics: a distribution
of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve; quality of pain described as intense, sharp, …

The objective of the current article was to review the literature and discuss the degree of
evidence for various treatment strategies for status epilepticus (SE) in adults. We searched …

Background There are no data on prevalence or incidence of treated epilepsy, and no data
on fertility of women with epilepsy from an unselected UK population. Methods We used the …

… person in the UK has a National Health Service number and is registered with a general
practitioner, who acts as a personal doctor in all medical matters and centralises the patient’s …

… The ketogenic diet was introduced in epilepsy in the 1920 s, and is still used principally in
the severe childhood encephalopathies. Emergency use of a ketogenic diet has also been …

… Results-Apnoea (> 10, range > 10-63, mean 24 s) was seen in 20 of 47 clinical seizures (three …
5 36, range 2-8-8-6 s) but always in the context of a change in respiratory pattern. …

… , in this trial, 21% of patients in each treatment group were taking concomitant phenytoin,
and no significant change in the phenytoin serum concentration occurred, nor did any patient’s …