Epilepsy

Ask the Experts - Why Is My Patient Continuing to Have Temporal Lobe... One month postoperatively, the patient began experiencing seizures of the same nature. We added clonazepam 0.5 mg twice a day. Why have the seizures recurred? Can we expect a running-down phenomenon? What else can be done for him?
Experts And Viewpoints, August 22, 2000
Ask the Experts - Any Relationship Between Stuttering and Benign... Do you have any information -- anecdotal or otherwise -- regarding a relationship between nocturnal rolandic epilepsy and stuttering?
Experts And Viewpoints, August 02, 2000
Ask the Experts - How Should I Manage a Patient With Infrequent Seizures? How do you manage a patient who has had 3 unprovoked seizures separated by long (approximately 4-year) intervals? The patient is 40 years old, and has normal MRI and EEG.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 27, 2000
Ask the Experts - What Would Cause Cortisolemia in a Patient With... I am treating a 14-year-old girl with epilepsia partialis continua and marked cortisolemia. MRI of the head is normal. Can you identify possible causes for her cortisolemia?
Experts And Viewpoints, July 11, 2000
Ask the Experts - Seizures Not Controlled by Carbamazepine Would she be likely to experience the same problems with Carbatrol as with Tegretol?
Experts And Viewpoints, June 20, 2000
Ask the Experts - Diagnosis of Focal Brain Edema After Seizures Should a biopsy be done immediately, or should the patient be rescanned to assess the temporal changes in the above findings.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 06, 2000
Ask the Experts - Side Effects of Phenytoin and Valproate What is the differential for such a child when only stomatitis is present?
Experts And Viewpoints, June 01, 2000
Ask the Experts - Landau-Kleffner Syndrome Could this diagnosis be made in an 18-month-old child?
Experts And Viewpoints, May 24, 2000
Ask the Experts - Treatment of Febrile Seizures Should all children be treated?
Experts And Viewpoints, May 16, 2000

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