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August 12, 2011

Study Finds Valproate Stimulates Thyroid Hormone Production

A recent study of the the thyroid hormone profiles of children aged 2-12 years, conducted in New Delhi, India, found that therapy using carbamazepine and valproate -- a drug commonly used to treat Dravet syndrome -- increases the production of thy... Learn More

August 11, 2011

Literature Review Examines Impact of Epilepsy on Children, Adults

Researchers conducting a systematic literature search in Embase and Medline to identify qualitative reports of the impact of epilepsy on the lives of child and adult patients found that a wide range of cognitive, physical, and seizure effects, as ... Learn More

August 08, 2011

Article Reviews Efficacy of Rufinamide in Treating Dravet Syndrome

A recent article (G. Coppola, "Update on rufinamide in childhood epilepsy."Journal of Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol. 7, pp. 399-407, published on the web July 5 2011) reviews the existing scientific literature data... Learn More

August 02, 2011

Research Looks at Ketogenic Diet Impact on Seizures in SCN1A Mutant Mice

A team of researchers has reported the results of a study into the ability of the ketogenic diet to improve seizure thresholds in mice with Scn1a mutations that models Dravet syndrome and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+). Th... Learn More

August 02, 2011

Study Looks at SCN1A Mutations and MPSI

In an effort to determine the genetic etiology of the severe early infantile onset syndrome of malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy (MPSI), a team led by D. Carranza Rojo of the Epilepsy Research Centre at the University of Melbourne un... Learn More

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