Intractable Epilepsy in Children

Intractable Epilepsy in Children

A seizure is defined as a paroxysmal and transient occurrence of signs or symptoms resulting from abnormal synchronous or excessive neuronal activity in the brain. About 15 to 40 percent of children who have any type of seizure are resistant to standard anti-seizure drugs, so called intractable epil...

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Main Authors: Mehran Beiraghi Toosi, Farnoosh Ebrahimzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2018-09-01
Series:Reviews in Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
Intractable epilepsy
Pediatric
Treatment
Online Access:http://rcm.mums.ac.ir/article_11737_519ec4d118c7836a256f115307fbcffe.pdf
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spelling doaj-b3374eb76e4f46aab3632dc53664c5992020-11-25T01:40:23ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesReviews in Clinical Medicine2345-62562345-68922018-09-015311812110.22038/rcm.2018.31192.123011737Intractable Epilepsy in ChildrenMehran Beiraghi Toosi0Farnoosh Ebrahimzadeh1Pediatric neurologist, Department of Pediatric Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.A seizure is defined as a paroxysmal and transient occurrence of signs or symptoms resulting from abnormal synchronous or excessive neuronal activity in the brain. About 15 to 40 percent of children who have any type of seizure are resistant to standard anti-seizure drugs, so called intractable epilepsy. Before documenting the seizure attacks as refractory, the selected drugs using for the type of seizure and dose of them should be checked. There are several factors that predict development of refractory seizures. These include agehttp://rcm.mums.ac.ir/article_11737_519ec4d118c7836a256f115307fbcffe.pdfIntractable epilepsyPediatricTreatment
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author Mehran Beiraghi Toosi
Farnoosh Ebrahimzadeh
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Farnoosh Ebrahimzadeh
Intractable Epilepsy in Children
Reviews in Clinical Medicine
Intractable epilepsy
Pediatric
Treatment
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Farnoosh Ebrahimzadeh
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title Intractable Epilepsy in Children
title_short Intractable Epilepsy in Children
title_full Intractable Epilepsy in Children
title_fullStr Intractable Epilepsy in Children
title_full_unstemmed Intractable Epilepsy in Children
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publisher Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
series Reviews in Clinical Medicine
issn 2345-6256
2345-6892
publishDate 2018-09-01
description A seizure is defined as a paroxysmal and transient occurrence of signs or symptoms resulting from abnormal synchronous or excessive neuronal activity in the brain. About 15 to 40 percent of children who have any type of seizure are resistant to standard anti-seizure drugs, so called intractable epilepsy. Before documenting the seizure attacks as refractory, the selected drugs using for the type of seizure and dose of them should be checked. There are several factors that predict development of refractory seizures. These include age
topic Intractable epilepsy
Pediatric
Treatment
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