News tagged with childhood epilepsy
New study identifies best treatment for childhood epilepsy
One of the oldest available anti-seizure medications, ethosuximide, is the most effective treatment for childhood absence epilepsy, according to initial outcomes published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Comparative effectiveness trial leads to evidence-based care for childhood epilepsy
The first comprehensive comparative effectiveness clinical trial of three widely used anti-seizure drugs for childhood absence epilepsy - the most common form of epilepsy in kids - has established an evidence-based approach ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Findings in epilepsy gene in animals may guide treatment directions for infants
Researchers studying a difficult-to-treat form of childhood epilepsy called infantile spasms have developed a line of mice that experiences seizures with features closely resembling those occurring in patients with infantile ...
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Researchers identify cause for severe pediatric epilepsy disorder
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that convulsive seizures in a form of severe epilepsy are generated, not on the brain's surface as expected, but from ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 16, 2009 |
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