Recent articles from “Clinical Epileptology”

We report on two patients with genetically confirmed DS who were treated with CNB at our centers. The case reports were prepared in accordance with CARE guidelines [ 16 ]. The diagnosis of DS was made on the basis of the current International …

Seizures are the third most common reason for presentation to the neurological emergency department. The diagnosis and management of (first) seizures are therefore of great importance in every neurology department. In this article, we provide an …

Seizures are the most frequent neurological emergency in neonates. Neonatal seizures are mostly acutely provoked but in ca. 15% they can be the primary manifestation of an epilepsy with neonatal onset. With regards to antiseizure medication …

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) distinguishes three main groups of neonatal epilepsy syndromes: (1) self-limiting neonatal, neonatal-infantile and infantile (familial or not familial) epilepsies, (2) developmental and epileptic …

For patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who are not eligible for epilepsy surgery, neuromodulation is a viable treatment option. Besides invasive treatments such as invasive vagus nerve stimulation (iVNS), deep brain stimulation, and responsive …

Epileptic seizures are the most frequent neurological emergency in the neonatal period. In contrast to seizures in older children and adults they are mostly acute symptomatic seizures as a response to a prenatal or perinatal acute brain injury; …

Epileptic seizures are among the most common neurological manifestations in the neonatal period. A distinction is made between acute symptomatic (provoked) and unprovoked neonatal seizures: the former arise from brain injuries, such as …

This landscape analysis was initiated and sponsored by three patient and family associations (PFAs) for DS: the Gruppo Famiglie Dravet Associazione APS (Milan, Italy), the Vereinigung Dravet Syndrom Schweiz (Zurich, Switzerland), and the Dravet …

Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil passed away just 3 weeks before his 100th birthday. “He has not only been a brilliant surgeon and physician of highest moral standards, but also an exceptional teacher”—This statement was made by Yaşargil in 1984 in …

Epileptische Anfälle sind Voraussetzung für die Diagnose einer Epilepsie. Vor Diagnosestellung und Behandlungsbeginn muss sorgfältig abgewogen werden, ob für die paroxysmal auftretenden Störungen auch andere Ursachen verantwortlich sein könnten.