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New - A Mother's Quest
Created by ETPat11/03/2007 - 3:57pm|324 Views
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New - Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Created by ETPat12/12/2006 - 12:10pm|2834 Views
What is it like? Here's a typical story: Sonia, an 8-year-old girl, "blanks out" for a few seconds and sometimes stops dancing for 10 to 20 seconds during her ballet lessons. Her teacher calls her name, but Sonia doesn't...
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New - Diagnosis
Created by ETPat11/16/2005 - 2:34pm|8275 Views
Knowing if a person is having a seizure and diagnosing the type of seizure or epilepsy syndrome can be difficult. There are many other disorders that can cause changes in behavior and can be confused with epilepsy. Since the treatment...
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New - Diagnosis 101: The Basics
Created by ETPat04/09/2007 - 12:13pm|6895 Views
Diagnosing seizures and the type of epilepsy is like putting the pieces of a puzzle together and includes information from many people and different tests. The first question is to find out if the person had a seizure, then the doctor...
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New - EEG
Created by ETPat02/11/2007 - 8:55am|6235 Views
Checking Brain Waves EEG is the name commonly used for electroencephalography (e-LEK-tro-en-SEF-uh-LOG-rah-fee). EEG is an important test for diagnosing epilepsy because it records the electrical activity of the brain. It is safe...
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New - EEG Patterns
Created by ETPat08/07/2009 - 10:42am|21 Views
Interictal (Between Seizures) The background activity in wake is often slow for the patient’s age. This can be constant or transient and permanent slowing has been associated with a poorer cognitive or developmental prognosis....
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New - Epilepsy and mitochondrial disease
Created by ETPat06/23/2005 - 9:54am|620 Views
Frequency and causes of seizures Seizures are common in mitochondrial disease, though a majority of patients do not have seizures. In one database of several hundred patients with mitochondrial cytopathies, about 40–50% have seizures.*...
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New - Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies, Issue 1, April 2009
Created by ETPat03/27/2009 - 9:06am|893 Views|8 Comments
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New - Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies, Issue 1, April 2009
Created by ETPat03/27/2009 - 9:37am|187 Views
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New - How does sleep affect the EEG?
Created by ETPat10/17/2005 - 4:04am|940 Views
One of the most widely used tests for evaluation of seizures is the EEG. This technique uses electrodes placed on the scalp to measure electrical activity in the brain over time. A typical outpatient recording lasts from 20 to 40...