Articoli recenti della rivista “Clinical Epileptology”

Long-term datasets in epilepsy encompassing weeks to months of continuous physiological signal recordings along with novel data analysis techniques have recently advanced the understanding of epilepsy in several aspects. Patterns of seizures …

Viele Frauen mit Epilepsie berichten in der neurologischen Sprechstunde oder in einer Epilepsieambulanz von einer Zyklusbindung ihrer Anfälle. Anfallscluster im Rahmen des Menstruationszyklus bezeichnet man als katameniale Anfallshäufung bzw.

In 2018 the European Heart Rhythm Association brought attention to a possible interaction between levetiracetam (LEV) and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) due to an effect on p‑glycoprotein. In this systematic review, we aimed to evaluate the …

After studying medicine Hans Berger (1873–1941) spent his entire professional career at the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Jena, Germany. Over many years, he developed independently and almost by himself a device for recording …

Despite the enormous heterogeneity of the symptoms reported by patients and observed clinically, recurring patterns can be recognized in the phenomenology of dissociative seizures. These often—but not always—include high-stress situations or …

Epilepsy is a common disease with a prevalence of approximately 0.7%. At the same time it can have a variety of causes or be associated with a large number of comorbidities. Many of these meet the definition of a rare disease. A rare disease is …

In general, the prognosis of epilepsy in adults with a drug-resistant course for many years is poor if epilepsy surgery is not considered as a curative procedure. We tend to understand unusual positive courses to be a result of the therapeutic …

This article presents two cases of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in childhood with self-limiting epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS), of which one case was confirmed at autopsy and one was probably SUDEP due to the lack of …

The discussion surrounding seizure monitoring devices has increased in recent years. Several years ago, there were only individual ECG (electrocardiogram) or S a O 2 (arterial oxygen saturation) monitors, special seizure monitoring devices, or the …

Due to the federal responsibility in the structural organization of the healthcare system in Germany, there may be state-specific differences in the outpatient and inpatient treatment of epilepsy patients. In order to enable comprehensive care for …