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Ongoing challenges in diagnosing focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) mandate continuous research and consensus agreement to improve disease definition and classification. An International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Task Force (TF) reviewed the FCD classification of 2011 to identify existing gaps and provide a timely update. The following methodology was applied to achieve this goal: a survey of published...
Objective
China has the largest population of patients with epilepsy worldwide, which imposes a heavy burden on the public and health care systems. Several epidemiological surveys on epilepsy have been performed in China. Although these surveys grossly describe the prevalence and gap in treatment of epilepsy, the status of epilepsy centers is unclear. The number of epilepsy centers has increased...
Objective
To compare the severity of psychological distress between patients with epilepsy and healthy controls during the COVID‐19 outbreak in southwest China, as well as identify potential risk factors of severe psychological distress among patients with epilepsy.
Methods
This cross‐sectional case‐control study examined a consecutive sample of patients older than 15 years treated at the epilepsy...
Our aim was to clarify the incidence and risk of acute symptomatic seizures in people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). This multicenter retrospective study enrolled people with COVID‐19 from January 18 to February 18, 2020 at 42 government‐designated hospitals in Hubei province, the epicenter of the epidemic in China; Sichuan province; and Chongqing municipality. Data were collected from...
Objective
To evaluate the long‐term seizure outcome and potential factors associated with seizure outcome in patients with anti‐N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor (anti‐NMDAR) encephalitis.
Methods
In the setting of a prospective, single‐center, longitudinal cohort study, 109 patients were evaluated with ongoing follow‐up. Patients underwent clinical evaluation every 3 months. Seizure outcomes and the...
This longitudinal prospective study updated a previous report on premature mortality and focused on the risk factors among patients with convulsive epilepsy in resource‐poor settings. The present cohort size (7,231) and follow‐up (mean 33.4 months) were expanded. The basic epidemiologic aspects of this cohort were similar to the original report (case fatality: 3.26% vs. 2.97%, respectively; injury...
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