Treatment of convulsive status epilepticus in childhood: Recommendations of the I talian L eague A gainst E pilepsy

G Capovilla, F Beccaria, E Beghi, F Minicucci… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The I talian L eague A gainst E pilepsy C ommission G uidelines S ubcommittee on Status
Epilepticus (SE) has published an article on the management of SE in adults, and now …

Photosensitivity: epidemiology, genetics, clinical manifestations, assessment, and management

A Verrotti, F Beccaria, F Fiori, A Montagnini… - Epileptic Disorders, 2012 - Springer
Photosensitivity is a genetically determined trait that may be asymptomatic throughout life or
manifest with epileptic seizures. Photosensitivity usually begins before the age of 20 years …

Genetic testing in benign familial epilepsies of the first year of life: clinical and diagnostic significance

F Zara, N Specchio, P Striano, A Robbiano… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To dissect the genetics of benign familial epilepsies of the first year of life and to
assess the extent of the genetic overlap between benign familial neonatal seizures (BFNS) …

Increased cortical BOLD signal anticipates generalized spike and wave discharges in adolescents and adults with idiopathic generalized epilepsies

F Benuzzi, L Mirandola, M Pugnaghi, V Farinelli… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Electroencephalography–functional magnetic resonance imaging (EEG‐fMRI)
coregistration has recently revealed that several brain structures are involved in generalized …

Brain MRI findings in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy and genotype–phenotype correlations

P Striano, MM Mancardi, R Biancheri, F Madia… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: To determine the occurrence of neuroradiological abnormalities and to perform
genotype–phenotype correlations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI, Dravet …

Benign convulsions associated with mild gastroenteritis: a multicenter clinical study

A Verrotti, G Nanni, S Agostinelli, P Parisi, G Capovilla… - Epilepsy research, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To assess the clinical characteristics and the outcome of benign convulsions
associated with mild gastroenteritis (CwG) in Italian children. METHODS: We studied clinical …

Epilepsy Course and Developmental Trajectories in STXBP1-DEE

G Balagura, J Xian, A Riva, F Marchese… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Clinical manifestations in STXBP1 developmental and epileptic
encephalopathy (DEE) vary in severity and outcome, and the genotypic spectrum is diverse …

Confirmation of mutations in PROSC as a novel cause of vitamin B 6-dependent epilepsy

B Plecko, M Zweier, A Begemann, D Mathis… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - jmg.bmj.com
Vitamin-B6-dependent epilepsies are a heterogenous group of treatable disorders due to
mutations in several genes (ALDH7A1, PNPO, ALPL or ALDH4A1). In neonatal seizures …

Fenfluramine in the treatment of Dravet syndrome: results of a third randomized, placebo‐controlled clinical trial

J Sullivan, L Lagae, JH Cross, O Devinsky… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to assess the safety and efficacy of fenfluramine in the
treatment of convulsive seizures in patients with Dravet syndrome. Methods This multicenter …

Paediatric anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis: the first Italian multicenter case series

S Sartori, M Nosadini, E Cesaroni, R Falsaperla… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Given the rarity of this condition, especially in children, there is a paucity of
large reported paediatric case series of anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis …