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ETP New - Childhood Absence Epilepsy
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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ETP New - Diagnosis
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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ETP New - Diagnosis 101: The Basics
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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ETP New - EEG
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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ETP New - EEG Patterns
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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ETP New - Epilepsy and mitochondrial disease
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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ETP New - How does sleep affect the EEG?
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...
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