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Partial Familial Epilepsy
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Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Epilepsy associated with solitary and multiple cerebral cavernous malformations
Journal:
Neurosurgical focus
Treatment Used:
Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy
Number of Patients:
6
Published —
April 03, 2020
The study researched the safety and effectiveness of stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy for epilepsy associated with solitary and multiple cerebral cavernous malformations.
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Focal Seizures
Journal:
Epilepsia
Treatment Used:
Perampanel
Number of Patients:
363
Published —
January 17, 2020
This analysis evaluated the effectiveness and safety of perampanel for the treatment of focal seizures.
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Refractory Epilepsy
Journal:
Epilepsy research
Treatment Used:
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
Number of Patients:
7
Published —
August 26, 2019
This study aimed to describe the use of vagus nerve stimulation in patients with refractory epilepsy during pregnancy.
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Temporal Encephalocele (TE)/Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE)
Journal:
Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape
Treatment Used:
Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (MRgLITT)
Number of Patients:
2
Published —
July 03, 2019
This study evaluated the effectiveness of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (places a laser probe into the tumor with real-time monitoring of the extent of thermal ablation by magnetic resonance thermometry, allowing targeted thermal injury to the lesion; MRgLITT) for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy (recurrent, unprovoked focal seizures that originate in the temporal lobe; TLE) caused by temporal encephalocele (a sac-like protrusion of the brain and the membranes that cover it through an opening in the skull; TE).
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Epilepsy
Journal:
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Treatment Used:
Topiramate vs. Carbamazepine
Number of Patients:
1151
Published —
June 25, 2019
This review compared topiramate with carbamazepine to treat patients with epilepsy that experience focal onset seizures or generalized onset tonic-clinic seizures.
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Focal Epilepsy
Journal:
Expert review of neurotherapeutics
Treatment Used:
Brivaracetam
Number of Patients:
0
Published —
June 15, 2019
In this study, researchers evaluated the effects of brivaracetam when used for focal epilepsy.
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Generalized and Focal to Bilateral Tonic-Clonic Seizures
Journal:
Epilepsia
Treatment Used:
Perampanel
Number of Patients:
0
Published —
March 15, 2019
This study tested the safety and efficacy of using perampanel to treat patients with generalized and focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures.
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Epilepsy
Journal:
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Treatment Used:
Carbamazepine
Number of Patients:
836
Published —
October 25, 2018
This study investigated the clinical outcomes of using carbamazepine to treat seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy and compared it to a phenobarbitone monotherapy.
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Epilepsy
Journal:
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Treatment Used:
Oxcarbazepine versus phenytoin
Number of Patients:
517
Published —
October 24, 2018
The objective was to review the time to treatment failure, remission and first seizure with oxcarbazepine compared to phenytoin, when used alone in people with focal onset seizures or generalised tonic-clonic seizures.
Latest Advance
Study
Condition:
Epilepsy with Mediobasal Temporal Cavernous Malformations
Journal:
Zhurnal voprosy neirokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko
Treatment Used:
Surgery
Number of Patients:
8
Published —
August 24, 2018
This study tested the safety and efficacy of using surgery to treat patients with epilepsy and mediobasal temporal cavernous malformations.
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