Epilepsia
Epilepsia
· ISSN (e) 1528-1167
· 6 papers in corpus
case-report
2023
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with continuous spike-and-wave activation in sleep (CSWS) or DEE-SWAS is an age-dependent disease, often accompanied by a decline in cognitive abilities. Early successful treatment of CSWS is assoc…
observational
2022
The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether a family history of alcohol use disorder (AUD) might be a risk factor and possible clinical biomarker for catamenial epilepsy. The retrospective case-control data came from 119 wome…
rct
2011
PURPOSE: Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are widely used in reproductive-age women. The AED carbamazepine (CBZ) induces the hepatic cytochrome P450 system, thereby accelerating hormone metabolism. We sought to assess the pharmacodynamic effects …
observational
2008
PURPOSE: We aimed to evaluate the effect of epilepsy on the reproductive hormones levels among female patients, and to investigate the frequency of catamenial pattern of seizures. METHODS: A total of 42 female patients with epilepsy and 21…
other
2001
To the Editor: We read with interest the analysis of the impact of menopause on epilepsy recently reported by Harden et al. 1. I would like to comment on their findings in patients who reported having had a catamenial seizure pattern before…
observational
1993
Forty women of childbearing age with refractory epilepsy were asked to record their seizures, the first and last days of their menstrual periods, and symptoms of premenstrual tension for 3 consecutive months. By defining catamenial epilepsy…