Epilepsy is very common in tuberous sclerosis complex and occurs in 80 to 90% of affected individuals during their lifetime. Onset usually occurs during childhood, and up to one third of children with ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--January 2, 2019--As early as 3 months of age, infants with a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome start having convulsive seizures, during which their arms and legs jerk ...

What Is an Absence Seizure? Symptoms, Causes and More: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Absence seizures are a type of epilepsy marked by brief lapses in awareness, often mistaken for daydreaming. Most ...

Atypical, because they last longer--10 to 30 seconds on average--than those seen in children with typical absence epilepsy. Absence, because the patients appear as if they are mentally absent during ...

Active ingredient: Rufinamide 200 mg, 400 mg; scored tabs. Indication: Adjunctive treatment of seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Pharmacology: LGS is a seizure disorder characterized by ...

Researchers aimed to identify the characteristics, treatment pathways, and outcomes associated with epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia (EEM). Epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia (EEM) is a rare and ...

A recent study characterizes silent seizures in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome and identifies a new brain area that could be targeted to stop them. As early as 3 months of age, infants with a severe ...