Current non-invasive techniques can't detect epileptic areas of the brain smaller than approximately eight to 10 square centimeters, so many early - stage
epilepsy patients often go undiagnosed and untreated.
Not exact matches
Further analysis including in tissues from more
patients with other forms of
epilepsy also showed that CLOCK RNA and protein were
often significantly lacking in both in excitatory and inhibitory neurons in affected brain regions.
Patients with epilepsy often have ECoG arrays temporarily implanted in their brains to determine the location in the brain of epileptic seizures, so the scientists were able to study all the data collected from five such patients on healthy, seizure - free
Patients with
epilepsy often have ECoG arrays temporarily implanted in their brains to determine the location in the brain of epileptic seizures, so the scientists were able to study all the data collected from five such
patients on healthy, seizure - free
patients on healthy, seizure - free nights.
The study is part of a broader effort to collect data on the youngest
epilepsy patients — those younger than 3 years old, the age at which
epilepsy most
often becomes evident.
The brain is almost invariably affected, and
patients often present with
epilepsy, autism and mental retardation.
Many brain - damaged
patients develop
epilepsy,
often with debilitating consequences, including sudden death.
Although it is
often suggested that children with
epilepsy who are benefiting from ketogenic dietary therapy continue this for at least two years, duration of treatment could be shorter in
patients with infantile spasms who become seizure - free; one study reported no adverse effect on seizure outcomes and less risk of growth disturbances when treatment was tapered down after 8 months (15).
Krauss says
patients often will come to him already having been told by a neurologist that their EEG shows they have
epilepsy.