Epilepsy: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Epilepsy

We report the first case of epilepsy surgery in a liver-transplanted patient with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] question Send a question to our trained epilepsy advisers. [epilepsy.org.uk]

Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures

Transitions occur from awakening epilepsy to sleep epilepsy or to diffuse epilepsy and from sleep epilepsy to diffuse epilepsy, but not vice versa” ( Janz 1962 ). [medlink.com]

Seizure Types and Epilepsy Types There are about 30 different types of seizures and over 60 different types of epilepsy. [epilepsymichigan.org]

Wilkins, 2008 - 3056 pagini Written and edited by world-renowned authorities, this three-volume work is, to quote a reviewer, "the definitive textbook about seizures and epilepsy [books.google.ro]

Absence Seizure

The definition of epilepsy is more than one seizure. The frequency of seizures in people with epilepsy varies. [patient.info]

What Is Childhood Absence Epilepsy? [chp.edu]

EPILEPSY, CHILDHOOD ABSENCE, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 1 EPILEPSY, CHILDHOOD ABSENCE, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 5 EPILEPSY, CHILDHOOD ABSENCE, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 6 FEBRILE SEIZURES, FAMILIAL [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Rolandic Epilepsy

Abstract Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS) is an idiopathic focal epilepsy syndrome, the benign characteristics of which are debated; in fact, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Benign Rolandic Epilepsy Benign Rolandic Epilepsy of Childhood Centralopathic Epilepsy Epilepsy, Centrotemporal Rolands Epilepsy Sylvian Epilepsy termes Epilepsia rolándica [termsciences.fr]

Autosomal Dominant Rolandic Epilepsy with Speech Dyspraxia (ADRESD) is a rare disorder which highlights the relationship between Benign Rolandic Epilepsy (BRE) and speech [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma

We report a case of sudden unexpected death in an individual with epilepsy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A Case of Gelastic Epilepsy Associated with Tuberosclerosis: Where is the Lesion Corresponding to EEG? [epilepsidergisi.com]

In young children with TSC, drug-resistant epilepsy and subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGAs) present the most common causes of mortality and morbidity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rasmussen Syndrome

[…] dealing with the different aspects of childhood epilepsy alike. [books.google.com]

[…] comprehensive single-volume clinical reference on the epilepsies. [books.google.com]

[…] single-volume clinical reference on the epilepsies. [books.google.ro]

Postictal State

Epilepsy Currents (Bimonthly Journal for American Epilepsy Society. Also on www.aesnet.org .) Epilepsy USA Magazine, published by the Epilepsy Foundation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] and behavioral disorders in patients with epilepsy The effects of treatments and surgery on behavior Pediatric and adolescent epilepsy Disorders associated with epilepsy [books.google.com]

[…] gap and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. [books.google.com]

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

Northern epilepsy is an autosomal recessive childhood onset epilepsy syndrome, clinically characterized by generalized tonic-clonic seizures with onset at 5 to 10 years of [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Test Details Test code: 6022 Type of disorder: Epilepsy Disease(s) tested for: Epilepsy Genes Included: CLN3, CLN5, CLN6, CLN8, CTSD, DNAJC5, KCTD7, MFSD8, PPT1, TPP1, ATP13A2 [athenadiagnostics.com]

Abstract The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) are neurodegenerative conditions that associate cognitive decline, progressive cerebellar atrophy, retinopathy, and myoclonic epilepsy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

MELAS Syndrome

Four months later, he experienced another strokelike episode with continuous partial epilepsy on the left hand. [jamanetwork.com]

AND ragged red fibers Myoclonus epilepsy and ragged red fibers syndrome Myopathy, mitochondrial Neurogenic muscle weakness, ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa Pearson's syndrome [icd9data.com]

POLG1 Mutations Cause a Syndromic Epilepsy with Occipital Lobe Predilection. [acnr.co.uk]

Cerebral Palsy

We describe the first clinical case with a 1.607 Mb duplication at 3q29 (chr3: 195,731,956-197,339,329), accompanied by severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, and cerebral [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] patient showed no midbrain-hypothalamus dysplasia or congenital/postnatal microcephaly, but dyskinetic cerebral palsy and severe intellectual disability as well as multifocal epilepsy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Here we present the case of a 45-year-old man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy who showed marked improvement with the use of marijuana. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Facial Hemiatrophy

We report four patients with PFH associated with partial epilepsy in whom brain MRI showed cerebral dysgenesis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The cranial CT and MRI appearances of a 14-year-old girl with Parry-Romberg syndrome and epilepsy are described. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Carica un file multimediale Wikipedia Istanza di malattia Sottoclasse di facial nerve disease, brain inflammatory disease, inflammatory and autoimmune disease with epilepsy [commons.wikimedia.org]

Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Thirteen did not develop epilepsy. Patients with bilateral port-wine stain were at higher risk of epilepsy (P = 0.03). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Benign Rolandic Epilepsy (BRE) Benign rolandic epilepsy, also known as BRE or benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS), is an epilepsy syndrome affecting children [hopkinsmedicine.org]

BACKGROUND: Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is strongly associated with epilepsy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tuberous Sclerosis

Basic epilepsy data were available for 1965 individuals in the database. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Our study showed that epilepsy surgery in TSC with epilepsy rendered improvements in seizure control, full-scale IQ, and QOL. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Angelman Syndrome

RESULTS: All patients with AS based on a deletion had epilepsy. Epilepsy was present in 3/4 children with UBE3A mutation, and 4/5 with pUPD. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Background: Autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy often co-occur; however, the extent to which the association between autism symptoms and epilepsy is due to shared aetiology [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Angelman syndrome, cause of epilepsy in infants; Angelmanov syndrom: pricina epilepsie vcasneho veku. Slovakia. [osti.gov]

Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis

Neurologic complications of epilepsy, spasticity, and parkinsonism are treated symptomatically. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Early-onset epilepsy as the main neurological manifestation of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. Epilepsy Behav. 2012;24:380–1. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Early-onset epilepsy as the main neurological manifestation of Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

MERRF Syndrome

Myoclonic epilepsy with red ragged fibers (MERRF). [radiopaedia.org]

The present study reports the case of a 25-year-old male with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, who presented with myoclonic epilepsy. [spandidos-publications.com]

epilepsy have been published. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Epilepsia Partialis Continua

No other publication addresses epilepsies as thoroughly and completely as the Atlas of Epilepsies. [books.google.de]

Panayiotopoulos MD, PhD, FRCP, Editor-in-Chief, is a renowned expert in the field of the epilepsies. [books.google.com]

2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 345.71 Epilepsia partialis continua, with intractable epilepsy 2015 Billable Thru Sept 30/2015 Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015 ICD-9-CM 345.71 [icd9data.com]

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 4B

[…] a patient with a possible metabolic epilepsy " [books.google.com]

The genes on this panel are included on the Comprehensive Epilepsy Panel. [blueprintgenetics.com]

Epilepsy and dementia without visual loss in these patients may be indicative of a form of JNCL known as the Northern epilepsy variant (progressive epilepsy-intellectual deficit [orpha.net]

Pallister W Syndrome

What is a ‘childhood epilepsy syndrome’? If your child is diagnosed with an epilepsy syndrome, it means that their epilepsy has some specific signs and symptoms. [epilepsysociety.org.uk]

According to the Epilepsy Foundation, the first seizures that present are often of the type known as gelastic (giggles) or dacrystic (crying). [wintermutedsun.wordpress.com]

Understanding Seizures Seizure Triggers Types of Seizures Epilepsy Syndromes Childhood Absence Epilepsy Childhood Epilepsy Centrotemporal Spikes (Benign Rolandic Epilepsy) [epilepsy.com]

Menkes Disease

Epilepsy is a major clinical feature of this disorder. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Subjects with ATP7A mutations that retain some function seem particularly well protected by early intervention against the possibility of epilepsy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSIONS: Epilepsy in MD is a difficult to treat problem. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Narcolepsy

Abstract We report a 5-year-old boy with epilepsy and narcolepsy-cataplexy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Narcolepsy type 1 and focal epilepsy was diagnosed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Four patients with comorbidity for narcolepsy type 1 and idiopathic generalized epilepsy are reported: in three cases the onset of epilepsy preceded narcolepsy type 1 appearance [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Toxocariasis

[…] prevention of epilepsy worldwide. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Conclusion: This finding suggests that both neurocysticercosis and toxocariasis may in part explain the higher prevalence of epilepsy, particularly partial epilepsy, in developing [neurology.org]

Several studies have evidenced high seropositivity rates for T. canis among people with epilepsy suggesting that toxocariasis could play a role in the incidence of epilepsy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Folate-Deficiency Anemia

In a prospective study of women with epilepsy, folic acid levels decreased with increasing plasma AED levels and with the number of AEDs. [epilepsy.com]

You are taking certain medication for epilepsy (your doctor will advise). [patient.info]

It does not cause seizures, although it may involve the central nervous system, producing neuropsychiatric complications. 1 The association between folate deficiency and epilepsy [epilepsy.com]

Chronic Alcoholism

Some epilepsy medications may make you more sensitive to the effects of alcohol, and alcohol may interfere with some medications used to treat epilepsy. 8. [onhealth.com]

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Seizures Heavy drinking can cause epilepsy and can trigger seizures even in people who don't have epilepsy. [m.webmd.com]

Stroke

Our primary aim was to evaluate whether early EEG abnormalities can predict poststroke epilepsy. [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Myth A normal EEG means I do not have epilepsy. Truth Many patients with epilepsy have a normal EEG between attacks. Myth An abnormal EEG means I have epilepsy. [urmc.rochester.edu]

Patients with a history of epilepsy before the stroke (n=19) or who died in the first day after the stroke (n=17) were excluded from these analyses. [doi.org]

Brain Laceration

& Seizures, Neurology, Critical Care Medicine Richard Mattson MD Neurology, Epilepsy & Seizures Emily J. [yalemedicine.org]

The Section 20 Waiver Program is for individuals with Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, and Other Related Conditions, and the program allows participants to choose home and community [maine.gov]

[…] rhinorrhea l post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) or milder memory difficulties l focal losses (e.g cognitive, personality, motor etc.) l meningitis if head was opened l post-traumatic epilepsy [uni.edu]

Subdural Hematoma

CONCLUSIONS: In case of refractory treatment of epilepsy, dislocation of pacemaker electrodes is a, most certainly, rare but possible differential diagnosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Also there is some history of trauma such as fall, epilepsy or motor vehicle accident. Investigations you would want to perform is the CT Scan. [youtube.com]

As many as 10 percent of patients had a history of alcoholism or epilepsy, the Welsh team reported. [well.blogs.nytimes.com]

Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder with Anti-AQP4 Antibodies

Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Ogawa R, Nakashima I, Takahashi T, Kaneko K (2017) MOG antibody-positive, benign, unilateral, cerebral cortical encephalitis with epilepsy [link.springer.com]

Epilepsy Res. 2012;101(1–2):166–173. 60. Nakano H, Tanaka M, Kinoshita M, et al. [dovepress.com]

MUTATION QUANTITATIVE MRD MONITOR Nx GEN SEQUENCING: DYSTONIA PANEL Nx GEN SEQUENCING: PROTEINURIC RENAL DISEASE PANEL NRAS MUTATION CODON 12, 13 & 61 Nx GEN SEQUENCING: EPILEPSY [lalpathlabs.com]

Hyperphenylalaninemia

Keywords: Inherited metabolic disorder, epilepsy, intellectual disability, metabolic screening Amac: Bu calismanin amaci epilepsi, yaygin gelisimsel gecikme ve zeka geriligi [go.gale.com]

The classical form of PKU presents with a diverse brain pathology, including microcephaly, epilepsy, profound intellectual changes, but also behavioral problems. [symptoma.com]

The incidence of epilepsy in untreated forms of phenylketonuria is high. [thefreelibrary.com]

Lupus Encephalitis

Managing epilepsy and co-existing disorders. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2002;135-154. With permission from Elsevier ( www.elsevier.com ). Back to top [epilepsy.com]

Epilepsy Behav 2016; 56: 165-9. [ Links ] 35. Irani SR, Stagg CJ, Schott JM, Rosenthal CR, Schneider SA, Pettingill P, et al. [scielo.cl]

Lil Wayne Lil Wayne's struggle with epilepsy has been well-documented over the years. [mtv.com]