Sentences with phrase «by idiopathic epilepsy»

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Dogs with idiopathic epilepsy are typically normal between seizures and have a normal neurological examination, as determined by your veterinarian or a veterinary neurologist.

Idiopathic epilepsy is diagnosed by ruling out all of the other causes of seizures inside and outside of the brain.

However, this well - defined form of epilepsy (not idiopathic), which is characterized by myoclonic type seizures with rapid, progressive mental deterioration and polyglucosan intracellular inclusions 35, is clearly distinct from the form or forms of epilepsy observed in Irish wolfhounds and other breeds.

Irish wolfhounds with idiopathic epilepsy had a life expectancy that was decreased by two years in comparison to the general Irish wolfhound population14.

The diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy in the 146 affected dogs was based on a history of more than two seizures in the absence of other medical problems, as defined by normal physical and neurological examinations, as well as normal hematological, serum biochemical, and urine analyses.

While canine seizures may be caused by head trauma, brain tumors, toxins, infections, birth defects and many other identifiable causes, the vast majority of seizures in young dogs (one to three years old) are idiopathic or genetic epilepsy.

Many idiopathic epileptics have inherited epilepsy: epilepsy caused by a mutation in a specific gene that they inherited from their parents.

1 Oliver, JE and Lorenz MD. (1993) Handbook of Veterinary Neurology WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia 2 Veterinary Medical Data Base at Purdue University, search breakdown by breed, age, and sex of diagnoses of idiopathic epilepsy 9300X000X.

Classic or idiopathic (meaning «of unknown cause») epilepsy is characterized by recurrent seizures with no active underlying disease process occurring in the brain.

Areas of investigation include spinal cord injury, encephalitis, chiari - like malformations, hereditary movement disorders, brain tumors, and canine idiopathic epilepsy — a chronic condition affecting some four million dogs that is characterized by recurring seizures.