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Objective
To evaluate direct user experience with wearable seizure detection devices in the home environment.
Methods
A structured online questionnaire was completed by 242 users (175 caregivers and 67 persons with epilepsy), most of the patients (87.19%) having tonic–clonic seizures.
Results
The vast majority of the users were overall satisfied with the wearable device, considered that using...
Background and purpose
Antiseizure medications (ASMs) should be tailored to individual characteristics, including seizure type, age, sex, comorbidities, comedications, drug allergies, and childbearing potential. We previously developed a web‐based algorithm for patient‐tailored ASM selection to assist health care professionals in prescribing medication using a decision support application (https://epipick...
The cause or the physiological role of déjà vu (DV) in healthy people is unknown. The pathophysiology of DV-type epileptic aura is also unresolved. Here we describe a 22-year-old woman treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the left internal globus pallidus for hemidystonia. At certain stimulation settings, DBS elicited reproducible episodes of DV.Neuropsychological tests and single-photon-emission...
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