INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Children with epilepsy are at an increased risk for behavioral or psychiatric comorbidities.1,2 Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and other behavioral difficulties (e.g., impulsivity, inattention) may be…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cognitive problems among children with epilepsy are of paramount concern. Cognition includes a variety of skills such as intelligence, attention, learning, remembering, reasoning, judging, planning, and…
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen Many chromosomal anomalies are associated with childhood-onset epilepsy with distinctive features. Accurate electroclinical delineation helps identify chromosomal anomalies in infants classified with cryptogenic epilepsy. Chromosomal disorders…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Children with epilepsy are at risk for cognitive disorders. They experience more academic underachievement and frequently suffer from impaired attention. These problems are found even in…
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are congenital mass lesions in the region of the third ventricle and tuber cinereum. Their true prevalence is unknown and is approximated to…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Status epilepticus is the most common neurological emergency in childhood and continues to be associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Although the main determinant of adverse…
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen Disorders of neurogenesis, neuronal maturation, and proliferation are responsible for many severe forms of childhood epilepsy. They may arise in discrete cortical areas or involve widespread…
CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS Print Section Listen Acquired epileptic aphasia1 is an epileptic syndrome described in the International Classification of Epilepsies by the eponym Landau–Kleffner syndrome (LKS). Typical LKS2,3 is…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening medical emergency that requires prompt recognition and treatment. SE is not a specific disease but rather a manifestation of a…
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen Rasmussen syndrome (RS) or Rasmussen encephalitis (chronic encephalitis and epilepsy) was first described by Rasmussen et al in 1958.1 It is an unusual condition typically developing…
