RESULTS In most epilepsy syndromes, the diagnosis could be made within three months of onset of the disorder. The most difficult was to distinguish cryptogenic localisation related epilepsy from ...

Eight of the nine patients with SUDEP had drug-resistant epilepsy. All had GTCS, and none were seizure free. All except one had symptomatic or cryptogenic epilepsy. Median age at death was 17 years ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate ...

Tonic-clonic seizures are the type of epileptic seizure most people recognise. In the past they were called grand-mal seizures. Tonic-clonic seizures can have a generalised onset, meaning they affect ...

Efforts were made to classify the etiology of the patient's epilepsy as idiopathic, cryptogenic, or symptomatic. Idiopathic cases denoted a benign clinical course without any identifiable etiology.

This review aims to summarize current knowledge and highlight recent findings on the association between cryptogenic stroke (CS) and patent foramen ovale (PFO). By presenting sometimes conflicting ...

As suspected from the distribution of seizure types, the majority of patients had symptomatic (42.6%) and cryptogenic (39.7%) etiologies ( Table 3). The two most common diagnoses in the ...

On the second day of the new year, the Hollywood couple, John Travolta and Kelly Preston lost their son. Jett Travolta died, reportedly because of a fall caused by a seizure. Jett was known to have ...

Hormonal birth control does not cause seizure conditions. However, some research suggests it may increase seizure risk in people with epilepsy or other seizure disorders. This can happen due to ...

Background: Certain findings on transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) are associated with a recognized cardioembolic stroke mechanism but less is known about the prevalence of those findings in other ...

Tonic seizures can be generalised onset, meaning they affect both sides of the brain from the start. Or they can be focal onset, meaning they start in just one side of the brain. If a tonic seizure ...

One of the oldest treatments for epilepsy is the classic ketogenic diet, which involves consuming high-fat foods and very few carbohydrates. Johns Hopkins is a longstanding pioneer in this mode of ...