[PDF] Top 20 Risk factors for cluster seizures in canine idiopathic epilepsy

... Cluster seizures (CS), defined as two or more epileptic seizures within a 24-hour period in which the patient regains consciousness between epileptic seizures (Patterson, 2014; Thomas, 2010) ... See full document

... of cluster seizures and thus seizure density is a more influential risk factor on the likelihood of achieving remission in canine epilepsy than seizure frequency or the total number of ... See full document

... diagnosing idiopathic epilepsy is a normal inter- ictal neurological ...presumptive idiopathic epilepsy had normal inter-ictal neurological status (only a few dogs had neurological signs but ... See full document

... following epilepsy treatment is still not fully understood in human or veterinary ...pharmacoresistant epilepsy to investigate clinical risk factors associated with treatment ...with ... See full document

... Globally, epilepsy is a common serious brain ...dementia. Epilepsy occurs naturally in domestic dogs but its impact on canine cognition has yet to be studied, despite canine cognitive ... See full document

... between epilepsy and ADHD in a Taiwanese population, suggesting a common neurologic mechanism in the 2 ...with epilepsy or ADHD (rather than incident cases), control subjects were not matched at the time of ... See full document

... post-immunization seizures. This could have led to an underestimation of the risk of post-immunization ...the risk period after a live vaccine, which precluded determination of the relative ... See full document

... intractable epilepsy from the epilepsy clinic and satisfied the selection criteria were recruited for the ...hemispheric epilepsy surgery, the child with the primary caregiver was referred to the ... See full document

... of seizures in 322 patients with a first-ever CT-confirmed symptomatic territorial brain infarct involving the ...potential risk factors for seizures, and with special attention to cortical ... See full document

... of epilepsy during the routine ...at epilepsy clinic, Rawalpindi‑Islamabad Pakistan in an outpatient ...familial, idiopathic epilepsy and patients without any neurological deficit were found ... See full document

... explain seizures, such as a tumor, stroke, or congenital ...primary epilepsy can be made only through exclusion of other causes of seizure activity and by demonstration of a genetic marker for a previously ... See full document

... Although epilepsy surgery is an effective treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgical outcomes vary across patient groups and ...prognostic factors for surgical outcome is important ... See full document

... In many countries, foods are fortified to compensate for the insufficient amounts of iron in the diet. 39 Selection of the food to fortify and the iron compound to use in fortification requires consideration of a number ... See full document

... In west Africa, before the arrival of colonial masters, it was believed that epilepsy is as a result of being cursed by the gods, patients were thought to have an invincible lizard within their body that wiggles ... See full document

... of epilepsy in 31% of cases and normal ...febrile seizures is common. Seizures are always generalized tonic clonic, sometimes associated with ...mal seizures can have focal feature in 50% of ... See full document

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... Genetic models of GABAbR deficiency show several abnormali- ties in neuronal and synaptic function (Table 4). Antibodies from patients with anti-GABAbR encephalitis bind to several epitopes in the N-terminal region of ... See full document

... We identi fi ed a total of 35 papers that ful fi lled inclusion criteria (Figure 1). Of these, 33 were from one high- output group from the Kenya Medical Research Institute – Wellcome Trust research programme based in the ... See full document

... in 38 newborns with EEG-confirmed seizures, after ruling out metabolic causes. Initial intravenous doses of 10 mg/kg were gradually increased to 45-60 mg/kg at the end of the week. Thirty infants were seizure free ... See full document

... In general, low doses of appropriate anticonvulsants are needed to successfully treat JME. The goal of pharmacological management is to render the individual seizure-free without side effects of the medication. Treatment ... See full document